"According to the BrowserGate exposé, LinkedIn has been deceiving EU regulators. In 2023, the EU designated LinkedIn as a regulated gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act and ordered it to open its platform to third-party tools."
"Whenever LinkedIn is opened on a Chrome-based browser, the JavaScript scans for approximately 6,000 browser extensions, collects the result, encrypts it, and transmits it to LinkedIn's servers."
"The presence of many of these extensions can supposedly profile the user's political opinions, religious beliefs, disability, neurodivergence and sexuality, employment status, and company trade secrets."
BrowserGate claims LinkedIn is illegally scanning users' computers to profile them through browser extensions. The group asserts that LinkedIn has expanded its surveillance efforts despite EU regulations. LinkedIn is accused of collecting data on users' political opinions, religious beliefs, and other personal information through JavaScript when accessed via Chrome-based browsers. This operation is described as one of the largest corporate espionage efforts in history, prompting significant concern over user privacy and data security.
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