LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer (browsergate.eu)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 02 Apr 16:02
https://lemmy.ml/post/45370431

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slazer2au@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 16:21 collapse

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.zip on 02 Apr 17:20 collapse

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