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Fairlinked e.V. have discovered data mining operation from within your browser when visiting LinkedIn. [https://browsergate.eu/ BrowserGate] exposes Microsoft's LinkedIn for allegedly conducting a massive, undisclosed spying operation by injecting malicious [[JavaScript]] into users' browsers to secretly scan and detect over 6,222 installed browser extensions without consent, in violation of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). It reveals how LinkedIn builds detailed individual and organizational profiles based on extensions indicating sensitive information such as political opinions, religious beliefs, disabilities, neurodivergence, job-seeking status, and even mapping which organizations use which competitor products, then aggregates this data while matching it to users' names, employers, and job titles.<ref>{{Cite web | | Fairlinked e.V. have discovered data mining operation from within your browser when visiting LinkedIn. [https://browsergate.eu/ BrowserGate] exposes Microsoft's LinkedIn for allegedly conducting a massive, undisclosed spying operation by injecting malicious [[JavaScript]] into users' browsers to secretly scan and detect over 6,222 installed browser extensions without consent, in violation of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). It reveals how LinkedIn builds detailed individual and organizational profiles based on extensions indicating sensitive information such as political opinions, religious beliefs, disabilities, neurodivergence, job-seeking status, and even mapping which organizations use which competitor products, then aggregates this data while matching it to users' names, employers, and job titles.<ref>{{Cite web |author=digital fairness e.V. |title=LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer |url=https://browsergate.eu/ |website=Browsergate.eu |date=6 Mar 2026 |access-date=13 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/FlBoq |archive-date=2 Apr 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fadilpašić |first=Sead |title=One of the largest corporate espionage and data breach scandals in digital history': New "BrowserGate" report claims LinkedIn secretly scans user browsers for installed extensions and collects device data |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/one-of-the-largest-corporate-espionage-and-data-breach-scandals-in-digital-history-new-browsergate-report-claims-linkedin-secretly-scans-user-browsers-for-installed-extensions-and-collects-device-data |website=Techradar |date=6 Apr 2026 |access-date=13 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260406163425/https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/one-of-the-largest-corporate-espionage-and-data-breach-scandals-in-digital-history-new-browsergate-report-claims-linkedin-secretly-scans-user-browsers-for-installed-extensions-and-collects-device-data |archive-date=6 Apr 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Lawrence |title=LinkedIn secretly scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linkedin-secretly-scans-for-6-000-plus-chrome-extensions-collects-data/ |website=Bleeping Computer |date=3 Apr 2026 |access-date=13 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260405000141/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linkedin-secretly-scans-for-6-000-plus-chrome-extensions-collects-data/ |archive-date=5 Apr 2026}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||