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

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors' browsers for installed extensions and collect device data.

The practice at the centre of the controversy is called resource probing. When a user opens LinkedIn in a Chromium-based ...

Recent findings indicate that LinkedIn may not be as trustworthy as previously thought. A report from Fairlinked eV, corroborated by Bleeping Computer, reveals that LinkedIn injects a JavaScript ...