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[–] 1 point 6 months ago

While browser extensions are considered apps under the GDPR, the headline is intentionally misleading. LinkedIn isn't "Illegally Searching your Computer." It's asking the browser for all the info it's maximally able to give up. We do need to define browser extensions in a way that doesn't use fear as clickbait to make it sound like LinkedIn has greater access to a device than it really has.

And thanks for the correction on AED, I had seen another analysis a couple weeks back and I didn't recall correctly what was being collected.

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