LinkedIn BrowserGate: When Browser Privacy Gets Seriously Tested

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Hey folks,

I stumbled on something pretty unsettling recently, LinkedIn apparently runs sneaky scripts that scan your browser for thousands of extensions, even if you’re just lurking on a public profile or don’t have an account at all.

It’s not your usual tracking cookie stuff. This is more like a deep dive into what’s installed on your browser, potentially revealing all sorts of personal info, political leanings, health tools, even what competitor software you might be using. And yes, it hits most Chromium-based browsers, Brave included.

It really hammered home for me how fragile our browser privacy is these days, no matter where we roam online. I’ve written an article diving deeper into this and some ways to fight back, from browser tweaks to network-level shields. If anyone’s interested, I’m happy to share the link.

Curious if anyone else has run into this kind of tracking or has tips on keeping our digital lives a bit safer?

Thanks for hearing me out!

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Would be interesting to read if you could share and of course it’s free

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Heard from you twice today. Once here and 4 hours ago over at ''Are you Being Tracked?"

I suppose it is okay to post almost duplicate items. Maybe you will get more responses here to the article you wrote.

Have a good day.

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Thanks for sharing the link, i will read in the next few days, interesting to know what others think

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I missed that. This topic was flagged and I approved it. It is not a big deal but we dont want too much duplication please. The topic itself is fine.

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Sorry guys, my mistake. I’m new here and honestly didn’t realise I was duplicating content. I’ve just started a blog on stuff I really care about, privacy and open source, and I’m just trying to get the word out.

I’m not here to spam or just advertise my blog, I want to actually contribute to this community. I’ll be more careful from now on.

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I reckoned that was what happned… forget it … we are a fairly easygoing forum.

Judging by that first post, you know how to research issues.
Looking forward to further contributions.

Regards
Neville

PS Can I inform you of our guidelines about AI use.
If you want to quote from an AI reply, please put it in quotes and say where it came from … ie acknowledge the source. … just like you would if you quoted from a book.
A post should not be 100% AI … ie you should contribute something creative … not difficult … just write a few sentences.

Sorry , I dont like rules. We aim to be as free as possible.

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I wrote an article about how I use AI as a tool, it’s on my blog. I mainly use it as a tool to help with research (after checking facts of course) and to sometimes phase a sentence that I can’t get to make sense but all work is my own. I am a firm believer in using the right tool for the job but what I personally really hate is full AI generated content especially the fake content or slop. I can guarantee you won’t get any of that from me!

I look forward to posting more and engaging with the community further.

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We very much appreciate research and contributions which create interactions where we can all learn from each other

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