Linkedin searches your computer for any installed browser extensions and shares it with shady cybersec companies, including your clear name etc.
2026-04-02 15:36 UTC
Replies (7)
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@phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2026-04-02 17:58
> Why it's illegal and potentially criminal > LinkedIn scans your browser for installed extensions every time you visit the site. It does this without asking, without telling you, and without any mention in its privacy policy. Cool! Send the fucking CEO to jail. Send a fucking message. If I break the law, I go to jail, can we PLEASE give them the same treatment already?
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@Nighed@feddit.uk 2026-04-02 15:40
\* browser extensions
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@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-02 15:49
I’m sorry, how exactly is a website searching my computer from within a locked down browser?
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@phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2026-04-02 17:56
And they send me over 2.5mb of javascript code for this shit? > Why oh why is the internet such a shit place these days? Greedy fucking C suite execs. That's why
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@AthanAster@lemmy.ml 2026-04-03 00:54
So this is basically fingerprinting extensions? They aren't scanning your system but it's still invasive if they aren't mentioning this anywhere. Seems like a browser level issue, not really illegal in most places, but definitely shady behavior that should be flagged.
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@Goldenring@lemmy.ca 2026-04-02 18:38
I’m glad I didn’t upload my profile pic. I shut the website down in 2016
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@NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2026-04-04 22:45
Why people keep using Linked In is beyond me. It never has been anything more than a data mining operation with people gladly giving them all their real details. Remember when Linked IN became the man in the middle of your emails? It would read them and send email to your contacts list. Microsoft has said after they purchased them that they were only in it for the data. This is no secret. I will not hire people who put linked in on their resumes, as I have to assume they are just stupid.