LinkedIn Secretely Scans for 6,000+ Chrome Extensions, Collects Data

LinkedIn secretely scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data

A new report dubbed

Microsoft-Owned LinkedIn Allegedly Fingerprints Visitors and Scans Installed Chrome Extensions – Pixel Envy

There is an E.U. organization called Fairlinked that is a “trade association and advocacy group for commercial LinkedIn users”, and it recently released a report about serious privacy concerns with LinkedIn: Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website. […] Because LinkedIn knows each visitor’s name, employer, and job title, every detected extension is ma…