LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
4 hours ago
- #Data Privacy Scandal
- #Corporate Espionage
- #LinkedIn Surveillance
- LinkedIn conducts undisclosed scans of users' computers for installed software without consent.
- The collected data includes sensitive information like religious beliefs, political opinions, and job search activity.
- LinkedIn engages in corporate espionage by scanning for competitor tools to map customer lists.
- The platform deceives EU regulators by presenting restricted APIs while hiding its internal Voyager API.
- LinkedIn shares data with third parties, including HUMAN Security and Google, without user knowledge.
- This activity is illegal and potentially criminal in many jurisdictions, with no mention in LinkedIn's privacy policy.