{"id":234577,"date":"2026-04-04T02:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/linkedin-secretely-scans-for-6000-chrome-extensions-collects-data"},"modified":"2026-04-04T02:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:42:17","slug":"linkedin-secretely-scans-for-6000-chrome-extensions-collects-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/linkedin-secretely-scans-for-6000-chrome-extensions-collects-data","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn secretely scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/linkedin-secretely-scans-for-6000-chrome-extensions-collects-data2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new report dubbed \u201cBrowserGate\u201d warns that Microsoft\u2019s LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors\u2019 browsers for installed extensions and collect device data.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Fairlinked e. V., which claims to be an association of commercial LinkedIn users, Microsoft\u2019s platform injects JavaScript into user sessions that checks for thousands of browser extensions and links the results to identifiable user profiles.<\/p>\n<p>The author claims that this behavior is used to collect sensitive personal and corporate information, as LinkedIn accounts are tied to real identities, employers, and job roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report dubbed \u201cBrowserGate\u201d warns that Microsoft\u2019s LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors\u2019 browsers for installed extensions and collect device data. According to a report by Fairlinked e. V., which claims to be an association of commercial LinkedIn users, Microsoft\u2019s platform injects JavaScript into user sessions that checks [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}