LinkedIn scans browsers for 6000 extensions without
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- 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).
Why it matters: LinkedIn's undisclosed scanning of 6,000 browser extensions impacts the privacy of its 900 million users.
