
LinkedIn Accused of Secretly Checking Devices for Installed Applications
Security researchers have uncovered a massive covert surveillance operation reportedly run by Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. According to a new investigation named BrowserGate by the commercial user association Fairlinked e.V., LinkedIn executes hidden code on user devices to scan for installed software and browser extensions. This campaign affects a large portion of the platform’s one billion global […] The post LinkedIn Accused of Secretly Checking Devices for Installed Applications appeared first on Cyber Security News.