A new investigation published by Fairlinked e.V. has triggered major controversy around LinkedIn's data collection practices. If you have been using the platform lately for your job hunting, you need ...

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Researchers have determined that Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning browser plug-ins and other information without permission, building user profiles using data that the company did not get permission ...

LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running. Two class action complaints were filed by different law firms on behalf of ...

UPDATE 4/7: LinkedIn was hit with two class-action lawsuits on Monday over the browser extensions scanning. However, LinkedIn says the dispute mischaracterizes practices already disclosed in its ...

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors' browsers for installed extensions and collect device data.

In short: Every time you visit LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, a hidden JavaScript routine silently probes your browser for more than 6,000 installed extensions, collects 48 hardware and software ...

The practice at the centre of the controversy is called resource probing. When a user opens LinkedIn in a Chromium-based browser, the platform's JavaScript checks for the presence of specific browser ...

Researchers linked 108 malicious Chrome extensions to a coordinated campaign that exposed about 20,000 users to data theft, backdoors, and ad injection.