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BrowserGate: LinkedIn Tracks 6,000+ Browser Extensions on Users’ PCs

  • Deeba Ahmed--HackRead
  • published date: 2026-04-05 16:16:30 UTC

LinkedIn is accused in the BrowserGate report of tracking 6,000+ browser extensions on users’ PCs, raising concerns over privacy and data collection practices.

A major controversy has broken out involving LinkedIn, the popular professional networking site. According to an investigation named BrowserGate, the Microsoft-owned platform is allegedly using hidde… [+2844 chars]