LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions

Re:LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions by altdatathrow on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:41PM (#24849500)

So in an effort to thwart scraping of LinkedIn data, they're actively scraping the local browser of every single user.

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Re:LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions by postalrat on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:45PM (#24849550)

I have a hard time calling it linkedin's data when it belongs to the users.

I may be wrong here but I assume linkedin's user's don't have a strong preference if their data is searchable by anyone or just people who pay linkedin thousands of dollars for one of their paid accounts.

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Re:LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions by polotics on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:44PM (#24849537)

How do you know the purpose is to prevent scraping? It could be some general marketing drive or general snoop for whatever other invented privacy invasive reason.

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Re:LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions by postalrat on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:46PM (#24849568)

Because linkedin has been involved in a few lawsuits to try to stop people from user's data from their site. And the browser extensions they scan for are scraping extensions.

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Re:LinkedIn will scan the browser to identify extensions by cooljacob204 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:45PM (#24849549)

I figured it was to help them track users.

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