Apr 3, 2026, 1:11 AMLinkedIn is using invasive techniques to fingerprint your browser. Together with its understanding of your identity and professional history, it has the ingredients for an incredibly detailed profile. #Technology https://werd.io/linkedin-is-illegally-searching-your-computer/
Apr 3, 2026, 1:25 AM@ben Thanks for this accessible interpretation of that piece.
When you began “the easiest thing to do is…”, I thought you were going to say “definitely never use LinkedIn ever again.” 😅
@ben "Illegal"
A lot of websites are doing this alas.
I did however see something interesting recently.
Someone on youtube said we need to stop normalizing all of this surveillance crap.
I completely agree 100%
@ben So I saw a post from LinkedIn about it and it's arguably better/not better. They are looking for content scrapers to block to protect your privacy... sorry, their monopoly moat.
@ben For these to be effective, one has to visit their site. To protect your privacy, avoid unneeded websites. It is that simple.
@ben Another proof of Microsoft's reversed Mida's touch.
Glad I use Firefox, even though it's at risk at becoming AI-enshittified. (I disabled all AI crud that I could find.)
I'm not a fan of LinkedIn, but I find it useful for finding things to write about on Wikipedia and elsewhere.