Ben Ramsey on Nostr: The story here focuses on LinkedIn, who should definitely be held accountable for ...
The story here focuses on LinkedIn, who should definitely be held accountable for what they’re doing with our data, but the real question is “Why does Chromium allow this?”
If Chromium allows this, then anyone—not just LinkedIn—can do this.
Most certainly, Google already knows all of this if you use Chromium. Meta probably does this. I’m sure others do, too.
LinkedIn Is Quietly Scanning Your Browser Every Time You Visit
Research published on browsergate.eu reports that LinkedIn silently scans visitors' Chromium-based browsers for over 6,000 installed extensions, revealing indicators of sensitive personal data like religion, health, politics, and job-search activity. The platform can easily link findings to identified user profiles, which raises serious GDPR, ePrivacy, and general privacy and legal concerns.
**Switch to Firefox for LinkedIn, or use a separate Chrome profile with no extensions installed when visiting the site. And load up on all ad and script blocker extensions you can find, like Ublock Origin, Ublock Lite, Privacy Badger...**
#cybersecurity #infosec #knowledge #awareness
https://beyondmachines.net/event_details/linkedin-is-quietly-scanning-your-browser-every-time-you-visit-m-0-k-n-h/gD2P6Ple2L
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