A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan ...

LinkedIn runs a hidden JavaScript script called Spectroscopy that silently probes over 6,000 Chrome extensions and collects ...

LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.

Researchers have determined that Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning browser plug-ins and other information without permission, ...

According to Socket, the extensions (complete list here) are published under five distinct publisher identities – Yana ...

The U.S. House will decide whether to advance a bill reauthorizing a controversial government surveillance authority, but it may not have the votes to pass.

All 108 route stolen credentials, user identities, and browsing data to servers controlled by the same operator," Security Researcher Kush Pandya said in an analysis ...

A German group claims LinkedIn is 'illegally searching' users' computers. But the Microsoft-owned site says it collects data ...

La., is postponing a vote on a clean extension of the federal government’s electronic surveillance powers due to member pushback.

LinkedIn calls it a smear campaign, but does not deny scanning people's browsers for extensions.

How many browsers extensions do you have running? Most enterprise users have at least one and seven out of ten have seen an extension expand its permissions over the last 12 months—with AI extensions ...

A BrowserGate investigation alleges LinkedIn secretly scans over 6,000 browser extensions and builds device fingerprints ...