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
