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BrowserGate: Technical breakdown of LinkedIn’s covert browser extension fingerprinting (the.unknown-universe.co.uk)
submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev
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LinkedIn is using hidden JS to scan your browser for over 6,000 specific extension IDs via a known Chromium vulnerability. By inventorying your local software, they can infer highly sensitive "Special Category" data like health status, religion, and political advocacy without consent.

I’ve joined the dots on why Chromium-based "Shields" fail here and how to harden your home lab/network to stop the leak.

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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not sure how widespread this was but early on Linkedin used to spam your contacts with a message saying you were trying to add them on Linkedin.

I remember receiving tons of them and having to set Linkedin as spam.

Linkedin, for me, at least has always been sketchy. Like the Zynga of Social Media. Scam your way till you get lucky.

[–] phonics@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Facebook often sends spam saying your friend xyz just mentioned you in their post. Which is always a lie.