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LinkedIn's Secret Browser Spy: Hidden Code Scans Thousands of Your Extensions Without Consent - tech|
| (hx) 11:08 AM CEST - Apr,04 2026 | LinkedIn injects hidden JavaScript into its pages that silently scans Chrome-based browsers for over 6,000 installed extensions every time users visit. The code probes specific extension IDs, compiles the results, encrypts them, and sends the data to LinkedIn servers and third parties like HUMAN Security. This practice can reveal sensitive details such as political views, religious beliefs, disabilities, or active job searches through certain tools. Critics call it "BrowserGate" and argue it raises serious privacy concerns, potentially violating regulations like EU laws, as it's done without clear disclosure or consent. LinkedIn has not publicly detailed the feature in its privacy policy according to reports.
Users concerned about the scanning have several immediate options:
- Switch to Firefox or Safari for LinkedIn access — the detection method relies on Chrome’s extension architecture, which Firefox’s design prevents
- Create a LinkedIn-only Chrome profile with zero extensions installed, breaking the surveillance chain
- Use Brave browser with fingerprinting protection enabled, which blocks the detection mechanism
- Audit your installed extensions using BrowserGate’s searchable public database to check if your tools are being tracked
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last 10 comments: | lorcro2000 | (02:31 PM CEST - Apr,04 2026 ) | | Everyone should already be on Firefox; any browser with the Chromium engine is just a part of the Google monopoly. Sure, Firefox gets a ton of its funding from Google but it's still the last independent browser engine, with Gecko. |
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| Csimbi | (03:05 PM CEST - Apr,04 2026 ) | I've always been of Firefox and I block all ads and scripts.
So, good luck! |
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