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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by devy on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:52AM (#47614509)
> To broaden my point, I think we’d find that many websites we use are doing this.

Your point of "I think we’d find that many websites we use are doing this" doesn't make LinkedIn's behavior ok!

By your logic, if our privacy rights are invaded which is illegal in most jurisdiction, and then it become ok because many companies do illegal things??

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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by haswell on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:01AM (#47614629)
Absolutely not. At no point am I saying this is ok.

I’m saying that the framing of the article makes this sound like LinkedIn is the Big Bad when the reality is far worse - they’re just one in a sea of entities doing this kind of thing.

If anything, the article undersells the scale of the issue.

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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by coldpie on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:22AM (#47614915)
You really need to work on your reading comprehension, dude.
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