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Linkedin searches your computer for any installed browser extensions and shares it with shady cybersec companies, including your clear name etc. (browsergate.eu)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 25 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I’m sorry, how exactly is a website searching my computer from within a locked down browser?

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (5 children)

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

    I can't tell you if that's technically sound but that's what was said on the page linked...

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Oh, browser extensions. And specifically on chromium browsers.

    Yeah, that makes much more sense than “any installed software”. It also throws out their claim of this being illegal. Using a browser API endpoint to say “hey do you have this extension” isn’t illegal, at least in most countries.

    Is this shitty behavior? Yes. Is this anywhere near what their clickbait title and honestly clickbait article claim? Not in the slightest.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The title is shit but they explain why they think it's illegal: https://browsergate.eu/why-its-illegal/

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    Eh, I can see how that might work under EU law. So I suppose there’s a potential for it to be illegal in the EU then.

    Though I do question the extent that could reach, since “left leaning lesbians looking for work only browser” could be the user agent if someone was so inclined. Admittedly though, that’s outside the scope of this argument.

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