Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history.

Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm.

The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it.

Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.

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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

LinkedIn loads an invisible tracking element ... zero pixels wide, hidden off-screen, that sets cookies on your browser without your knowledge

Uh, what? Hidden "off-screen"? In a browser? I've been doing web dev for decades and have no idea what that means. Can someone explain how this is supposed to make any kind of sense?

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    I presume they're talking about an element with something like this: position: absolute; left: -50px; width: 0px; height 0px;

    Very commonly used for elements like skip to content links that are hidden off screen and shown on screen once they receive focus.

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