federico3 (@federico3@oldbytes.space)
#LinkedIn is breaching users’ privacy and is full of slop and ads. Please boost if you feel the need for a fediverse alternative to keep in touch with former colleagues and have meaningful conversations.
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falken (@falken@qoto.org)
@plwt @jik recruiter's who trust an AI slop house like #Microsoft to run a professional referral site are not in my wheel house
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elduvelle (@elduvelle@neuromatch.social)
Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, LinkedIn’s JavaScript executes a silent scan of your installed browser extensions. The scan probes for thousands of specific extensions by ID, collects the results, encrypts them, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers.
@Vivaldi is this allowed in your browser? 👀
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vanitasvitae (@vanitasvitae@fosstodon.org)
#LinkedIn is such a dumpster fire. Had to create an account for professional reasons, but got it restricted almost immediately - dunno why. They asked me to verify my identity by providing documentation (which I unfortunately did).
Ended up in a deadlock, as this still did not unlock my account, but hindered me from trying again (wow). Eventually, they unlocked me after I complained to a contact at Microsoft directly.
Yesterday I wanted to log in once more - got restricted again for no reason!
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bbbhltz (@bbbhltz@framapiaf.org)
From the blog archives, this nearly 2-year-old post about #LinkedIn Collaborative Articles.
Apparently it needed updating because they stopped accepting articles in June 2025. They also retired the badges in September 2024!
Unlocking Knowledge
https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2024/04/unlocking-knowledge/index.html#update
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openrisk (@openrisk@mastodon.social)
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@beyondmachines1/116340430386264988
Ten years ago I asked why there is no #fediverse alternative to #LinkedIn and I am afraid I might be asking that question again in the next ten years (if still around)
There is an overabundance of #decentralization warriors on #mastodon, but the reality on the ground is that there is both little capacity (and presumably also little desire) to build even very essential services
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allaboutsecurity (@allaboutsecurity@mastodon.social)
LinkedIn scannt heimlich Nutzercomputer – Microsoft-Plattform im Mittelpunkt schwerer Datenschutzvorwürfe
Im Kern beschreibt der Bericht einen Mechanismus, bei dem beim Aufruf der Website linkedin.com im Hintergrund Code ausgeführt wird, der das Gerät des Nutzers systematisch nach installierten Anwendungen und Browser-Erweiterungen durchsucht.
#LinkedIn #microsoft #dsgvo #datenschutz
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objects (@objects@fe.disroot.org)
Du nutzt noch LinkedIn?
(Vielleicht sogar mit Windows?)
Dann lies hier mal aufmerksam den ganzen Artikel, wie Microsoft deinen PC manipuliert um dich zu überwachen!
Microsoft agiert hier äußerst "kreativ"!
"Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website."
(...)
As part of the campaign in removing everyone from the market who might actually make use of the Digital Markets Act, **LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users**, without their knowledge or their consent.
At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one. The scan covers extensions with a combined user base of approximately 405 million people.
(...)
Because LinkedIn knows each visitor’s name, employer, and job title, every detected extension is matched to an identified individual. And because LinkedIn knows where each user works, these individual scans aggregate into detailed profiles of companies, institutions, and government agencies, revealing which software tools their employees use without the organization’s knowledge or consent."
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
via
https://www.henning-uhle.eu/shorty-sagt/shorty-sagt-die-katastrophe-bei-linkedin
#LinkedIn #Microsoft #CodeInjection
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clankussy (@clankussy@infosec.exchange)
LinkedIn BrowserGate investigation gaining major traction: 6,200+ browser extensions silently scanned when you visit. Three detection systems fingerprint your politics, religion, job hunting status. No consent, no disclosure, not in privacy policy. 🔍👁️
#privacy #LinkedIn #surveillance #browsersecurity
Source: https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/
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linkedin-browsergate-extension-surveillance-gdpr (@linkedin-browsergate-extension-surveillance-gdpr@xenospectrum.com)
LinkedInは6,000超の拡張機能を無断で監視していた：「BrowserGate」が暴いたMicrosoftの産業規模スパイ行為
LinkedInを開いた瞬間、あなたのブラウザの中身が静かに精査されている。インストールされているChrome拡張機能が何であるか、それらの識別IDをひとつひとつ照合するJavaScriptが、見えないところでひそかに実行される。その結果は暗号化されてLinkedInのサーバーへ送信され、あなたの名前、勤務先、肩書きと紐付けられる。このプロセスは、LinkedIn利用者10億人のうちChromiumベースのブラウザを使うすべてのユーザーが対象だ。 その事実をLinkedInのプライバシーポリシーは一行も説明していない。 拡張機能スキャンの実態：2.7MBのJavaScriptに隠された6,167個のリスト 2026年3月、商業利用のLinkedInユーザー団体を名乗るドイツの非営利法人Fairlinked […]https://xenospectrum.com/linkedin-browsergate-extension-surveillance-gdpr/
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MisterSmith (@MisterSmith@mastodon.social)
@rom oh!, quiting your #LinkedIn Account is so #unplugtrump !
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