#Browsergate duerfte tatsaechlich der 1. grosse #Datenschutz Skandal sein, der auf #LinkedIn einschlaegt... nur irgendwie redet kaum jemand darueber. Und dies trotz bereits laufender Verfahren in der EU und den USA!
Meine neue @info Ausgabe schaut sich die Vorwuerfe an:
Warum muss Linkedin wissen, ob ich eine religioese Extension, ein Apotheker-Tool oder eine Browser-Erweiterung zur Jobsuche installiert habe?
https://www.metacheles.de/browsergate-so-scannt-linkedin-offenbar-euren-rechner/
Freue mich ueber jeden Boost!
Danke fuer euren Support 🙏
Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡
@pallenberg@mastodon.social
Legal 👽 in Taiwan Podcast/Newsletter 👉 https://mastodon.social/@info@metacheles.de Co-Host Techlounge 👉 https://techlounge.transistor.fm/ Co-Host Neuland 👉 https://neuland.transistor.fm/ Loops 👉 https://loops.video/@pallenberg Pixelfed 👉 https://pixelfed.de/pallenberg
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Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡
@pallenberg@mastodon.social
Legal 👽 in Taiwan Podcast/Newsletter 👉 https://mastodon.social/@info@metacheles.de Co-Host Techlounge 👉 https://techlounge.transistor.fm/ Co-Host Neuland 👉 https://neuland.transistor.fm/ Loops 👉 https://loops.video/@pallenberg Pixelfed 👉 https://pixelfed.de/pallenberg
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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 
@markwyner@mas.to
Neurodivergent activist, dad, husband, designer, developer, writer, plant eater, musician, lover, hater, potty mouth. Mas.to moderator. On Atfalati land in Portland, OR, USA. He/him/his. #Equity #Abolition #Antifascist #Design #Code #Writer
mas.to
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply
@markwyner@mas.to
Neurodivergent activist, dad, husband, designer, developer, writer, plant eater, musician, lover, hater, potty mouth. Mas.to moderator. On Atfalati land in Portland, OR, USA. He/him/his. #Equity #Abolition #Antifascist #Design #Code #Writer
mas.to
@markwyner@mas.to
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Apr 03, 2026
WARNING: LinkedIn has your profile. They have more from illegally spying on you.
“LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users, without their knowledge or their consent. At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one.”
More info:
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
What you can do:
https://browsergate.eu/take-action/
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#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #Crime #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
“LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users, without their knowledge or their consent. At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one.”
More info:
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
What you can do:
https://browsergate.eu/take-action/
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#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #Crime #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@rysiek@mstdn.social
Hacker, activist, free-softie ◈ techie luddite ◈ formerly information security and infrastructure at https://isnic.is/ and https://occrp.org/ ◈ my opinions are my own etc. (he/him) ⁂ profile image: drawing of a head and shoulders of a cat-person, in a space suit. banner image: long-exposure photo of a large tent, brightly illuminated from inside, looking as if it is made of lava #foss #libre #privacy #infosec #fedi22 (public toots CC By-SA 4.0 if applicable) 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 · 🇧🇦 🇮🇸 · 🇺🇦
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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@rysiek@mstdn.social
Hacker, activist, free-softie ◈ techie luddite ◈ formerly information security and infrastructure at https://isnic.is/ and https://occrp.org/ ◈ my opinions are my own etc. (he/him) ⁂ profile image: drawing of a head and shoulders of a cat-person, in a space suit. banner image: long-exposure photo of a large tent, brightly illuminated from inside, looking as if it is made of lava #foss #libre #privacy #infosec #fedi22 (public toots CC By-SA 4.0 if applicable) 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 · 🇧🇦 🇮🇸 · 🇺🇦
mstdn.social
@rysiek@mstdn.social
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Apr 02, 2026
There is a fresh thing going around about LinkedIn scanning extensions installed in Chrome/Chromium:
https://browsergate.eu/
The website claims "LinkedIn is Illegally Searching Your Computer", and implies the purpose is to find "religious beliefs, political opinions, disabilities".
tl;dr:
- yes, LinkedIn is scanning through a list of 6k+ extensions on Chrome;
- yes, this is bad;
- but the website is disingenuous in making unnecessarily overblown claims.
🧵
#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #Privacy
https://browsergate.eu/
The website claims "LinkedIn is Illegally Searching Your Computer", and implies the purpose is to find "religious beliefs, political opinions, disabilities".
tl;dr:
- yes, LinkedIn is scanning through a list of 6k+ extensions on Chrome;
- yes, this is bad;
- but the website is disingenuous in making unnecessarily overblown claims.
🧵
#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #Privacy
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Michael Downey 
@downey@floss.social
Software freedom and digital rights activist in all aspects of work and life. Currently trying to help the world become good Free & Open Source Software citizens. Previously, started FLOSS.social years back, and have been on multiple project boards. Quality toots since 2017. #BlueHats #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #HumanRights #DigitalAutonomy #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #fedi22
floss.social
Michael Downey
@downey@floss.social
Software freedom and digital rights activist in all aspects of work and life. Currently trying to help the world become good Free & Open Source Software citizens. Previously, started FLOSS.social years back, and have been on multiple project boards. Quality toots since 2017. #BlueHats #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #HumanRights #DigitalAutonomy #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #fedi22
floss.social
@downey@floss.social
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Apr 02, 2026
🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.
The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.
The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:
https://browsergate.eu
#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy
The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.
The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:
https://browsergate.eu
#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy
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