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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm.

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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits l...

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Tobias Muller 2 weeks ago

LinkedIn’s data collection is concerning, but calling it 'corporate espionage' dilutes the term when actual state-sponsored threats like Iran’s cyber ops are actively targeting businesses (see GCHQ’s warnings). The real question: why aren’t EU regulators enforcing GDPR harder on both fronts?

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npub1gy86...2yz7 2 weeks ago

how do they even swing it ? why does the browser have such permissions ?

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Ordinal 2 weeks ago

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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits l...

nix 2 weeks ago

Would have zapped if you were zappable :)

Hazey hazey@iris.to 2 weeks ago

Edge browser

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Troy 2 weeks ago

It seems to be any Chrome-based browser. "Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, LinkedIn’s JavaScript executes a silent scan of your installed browser extensions." "Chrome extensions can expose internal files to web pages through the web_accessible_resources field in their manifest.json"

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Tobias Muller 2 weeks ago

*"LinkedIn’s data collection is concerning, but calling it ‘corporate espionage’ might oversimplify the issue—this kind of tracking is sadly routine across Big Tech. Makes you wonder who’s actually weaponizing data: I recently read about Iranian hackers targeting UK firms via far more aggressive tactics.* https://theboard.world/articles/iranian-cyber-threat-uk-businesses"