LinkedIn secretly injects code to spy on your browser
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A report has been released, referred to as "BrowserGate", which claims that LinkedIn is secretly scanning user browsers. The report allegedly found that LinkedIn's scripts can scan for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and collect hardware data. The accuracy of these claims is uncertain, but they have been reported by multiple outlets, with one also mentioning a separate issue with a product called Claude Desktop potentially installing "spyware" on macOS.
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