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.
  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Ok… They do seem to be fear mongering a bit.

    By their own evidence it only collects browser plugins for chromium based browsers. There forward implies it scans your entire PC.

    As always stop using chromium based browsers to avoid this.

    • Linearity@piefed.zipEnglish
      91·
      2 days ago

      Firefox based browsers also have persistent IDs for addons, does Firefox do something different to stop this?