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. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.
      • ExoticCherryPigeon@piefed.socialEnglish
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        2 months ago

        So this is a more in depth explanation of what it actually does. In the end it only searches a specific number of extensions from chrome extension store, encrypts it and sends it off to 3rd party.

        https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/

        But i also don’t use chrome based browser and don’t visit LinkedIn. Il live

      • altphoto@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Installed software! Oh installed software! Where are you! LOL! This guy is using scripts he wrote himself and the combination number #24356357954689 of possible software, desktop GUI and kernel. Okay let’s drive our malicious scan!.. Oh sudo password, we need the root password to do anything malicious! Look at this, it even has a welcome screen asking for you to scan as much as it is possible in that image! Darn!