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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer (browsergate.eu)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 47 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Ok.... They do seem to be fear mongering a bit.

By their own evidence it only collects browser plugins for chromium based browsers. There forward implies it scans your entire PC.

As always stop using chromium based browsers to avoid this.

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    • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (22 children)

    in a Chrome-based browser

    Anyone who uses anything that has ever been touched by Google is a fucking moron and deserves what they get.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    i had to learn this the hard way when i got suckered in by their "dont be evil" motto.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    They became obviously evil in 2004 when they introduced Gmail, and flat out said in their ToC that they are reading your email and selling your data.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Iirc Google doesn't sell data in the traditional sense, they package profiles for advertisers and their own ad network, but they don't outright sell individual data. I could be wrong though.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    They read every word of your email. Not a human, but a computer. Putting together a profile that is far larger than “advertising.” It’s literally every single thing you do everything you buy and get a receipt for, every service that you are Using. Every single thing that comes through your Gmail

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    I understand all that, but point is that they don't necessarily sell you profile or data points to a third party, they use all of that for their own targeted advertising

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (8 children)

    It's pretty impossible to exist in society without a few concessions. Like doing official or work stuff requires you to use Google products.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    If your work forces you to use Google, use Google for work on your work machine. Do only work on your work machine. If they want their data stolen, that’s on them.

    Me: No Google at all. No Google account. Not having a problem at all. I’ve been a software developer for 23 years.

    Also, you wouldn’t be using LinkedIn on a work machine. Unless you want to get fired.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I do it all the time. All my coworkers are in it. Nobody cares.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Okay but not everyone is as tech savvy. I wouldn't call everyone a moron just because they don't have the same skillset as you.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Stop using Google. Now you have the same skill set.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    I'm using it to finish deleting every single email. It takes forever and ever and ever. It's awful. I'm almost done y'all. I'll be completely off google, FB, Amazon, etc., but then need to figure out how to deal with family devices (smart TV with YouTube, etc). It's been a long road for the google email.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Don’t bother deleting the emails one by one. They don’t actually “delete” as in the data is gone from Google. Just stop using it in the future.

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