LinkedIn caught spying on users browsers – Yahoo Tech

You open LinkedIn, scroll a bit, maybe check a job post, and that’s it, right? Not exactly. A new report suggests LinkedIn has been quietly scanning users’ browsers in the background, checking what extensions you have installed and collecting detailed device info while pages load. And just as you’d expect, it’s raising some eyebrows. According […] You open LinkedIn, scroll a bit, maybe check a job post, and that’s it, right? Not exactly. A new report suggests LinkedIn has been quietly scanning users’ browsers in the background, checking what extensions you have installed and collecting detailed device info while pages load. And just as you’d expect, it’s raising some eyebrows. According to findings from Fairlinked and testing confirmed by BleepingComputer, LinkedIn loads a JavaScript script when you visit its site. That script does two main things. First, it check whether certain Chrome extensions are installed by probing known extension IDs. Second, it collects device-level information like CPU cores, available memory, screen resolution, time zone, language, and battery status. Why extensions are a big deal here A large number of the extensions being checked are tools that interact with LinkedIn, especially ones used for sales intelligence, recruiting, and lead generation. Some
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