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LinkedIn secretly scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 2 months ago by monica_b1998@lemmy.world to c/privacy
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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Most of this is extremely common, isn't it? It's always a privacy nightmare, but are we pretending that LinkedIn are the only ones who use it for more than website analytics?

Browser fingerprinting has been a thing for ages.