Post #912717
2026-04-02 17:07 UTC
Replies (17)
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@brunomiguel@masto.pt 2026-04-02 17:38
I have to find the focus and mental energy to read this LinkedIn stuff top to bottom, but from what I've read so far, it's very, very bad!
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@grant_h@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 18:50
@brunomiguel Avoiding Chrome (Chromium?) browsers seems a possible start to mitigation?
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@millihertz@oldbytes.space 2026-04-02 20:20
@brunomiguel i'm seeing a lot about how it works on Chrome-based browsers. does it do illegal things on Firefox too? ed. to answer my own question, according to https://byteiota.com/linkedin-scans-your-computer-for-6000-products-illegally/ it does not - as yet, Firefox and Safari are unaffected.
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@halotroop2288@techhub.social 2026-04-02 20:55
@brunomiguel Even if it were mentioned, I'd have to visit the site to read the privacy policy in order to know about that in the first place. That's the first problem. The second is that there should not be any mechanism in my browser that allows them to do that automatically. That's fucking crazy.
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@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social 2026-04-02 21:12
@brunomiguel Let's see them try that on something like Qubea, or where a browser is otherwise run in an isolated VM. Glad I don't have account and refuse to touch them.
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@OlivierBurnier@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 21:24
@brunomiguel I use a lot #LinkedIn. How can I prevent that and still use LI ?
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@nixanadoo@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 21:32
@brunomiguel holy shit this is creepy as fuck
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@cairobraga@gts.cairobraga.com 2026-04-02 21:50
@brunomiguel I've read the summary and some other parts and: this is some NSA-ass shit!!!
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@RevPudDudley@mas.to 2026-04-02 21:52
@brunomiguel It's been so long since I was at netscape, started to forget why I hate MS so much
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@mighty_orbot@retro.pizza 2026-04-02 22:14
@brunomiguel “hidden code searches their computer for installed software" — this is a gross exaggeration; it’s searching the browser for installed plugins and browser-accessible hardware. Still bad, but not nearly as all-encompassing as the quote implies. https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/
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@chrisp@cyberplace.social 2026-04-02 23:03
@brunomiguel "hidden code searches their computer for installed software" Not to defend sleazy behaviour from a sleazy company, but that's not quite true, it detects browser extensions in the current browser, it doesn't break out of browser isolation and go search the hard drive for files like an antivirus for example. It is still a reason to get off privacy invading software/websites like Chrome/Edge, and Linkedin, though.
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@mb2109@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 23:33
@brunomiguel If only Matrix from R. Hill will be little easier to use it will be maybe not 100 % safe but at least 75% and this is a lot of. Easy to use I mean not extension complicated but how it slow down and block net flow.
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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-04-02 23:40
@brunomiguel So if I don't visit LinkedIn Use Firefox with Umatrix blocking most scripts by default. I'm OK? I deleted my LinkedIn account years ago when it enabled spammers. Then deleted Facebook Not sure if I deleted Twitter before or after Musk took it.
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@fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk 2026-04-03 03:33
@brunomiguel searches for installed _browser extensions_ , not all the software on your computer. it's bad, but it's not as bad as the headline makes it seem.
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@piersg@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 06:48
"searches their computer for installed software" is a bit misleading. It searches your Chrome extensions only. I have none, as I suspect do most ppl.
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@Robbins@mastodon.scot 2026-04-03 07:51
@brunomiguel have had to delete my account more than once
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@tijl@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 08:13
@brunomiguel I run LinkedIn and other info-hungry platforms in a separate browser containers. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-firefox-containers Not perfect ... but it helps till alternatives to these shittified platforms take over.