LinkedIn is secretly scanning your browser for 6,000 extensions, and you weren’t told - The Next Web
Why it matters: LinkedIn's undisclosed scanning of 6,000 browser extensions impacts the privacy of its 900 million users.
- LinkedIn is secretly scanning users' browsers for 6,000 extensions, a fact not disclosed to users (The Next Web).
- Security reports indicate LinkedIn's scripts stealthily scan visitors' browsers for specific Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data (Tom's Hardware).
- The practice, dubbed 'BrowserGate,' highlights concerns about the undisclosed collection of user data beyond typical platform interactions (Tom's Hardware, The Next Web).
LinkedIn is reportedly covertly scanning users' browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and collecting hardware data without explicit consent, a practice dubbed 'BrowserGate' by security researchers. This stealthy activity, confirmed by both The Next Web and Tom's Hardware, raises significant privacy concerns regarding the extent of data LinkedIn is harvesting from its users.
