LinkedIn scanning users’ browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits

LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.
The Next Web

LinkedIn is secretly scanning your browser for 6,000 extensions, and you weren’t told

LinkedIn runs a hidden JavaScript script called Spectroscopy that silently probes over 6,000 Chrome extensions and collects ...

LinkedIn secretly scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan ...
PCMag on MSN

LinkedIn Faces Spying Allegations Over Browser Extension Scanning

A German group claims LinkedIn is 'illegally searching' users' computers. But the Microsoft-owned site says it collects data ...
PCMag on MSN

LinkedIn Hit With Class-Action Lawsuits Over Browser-Extension Scanning

LinkedIn says it scans extensions to prevent invasive web scraping and calls the California lawsuits 'a house of cards built ...
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