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So in an effort to thwart scraping of LinkedIn data, they're actively scraping the local browser of every single user.
by altdatathrow 6y ago
So in an effort to thwart scraping of LinkedIn data, they're actively scraping the local browser of every single user.
- polotics 6y agoHow do you know the purpose is to prevent scraping? It could be some general marketing drive or general snoop for whatever other invented privacy invasive reason.
- postalrat 6y agoBecause linkedin has been involved in a few lawsuits to try to stop people from user's data from their site. And the browser extensions they scan for are scraping extensions.
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- cooljacob204 6y agoI figured it was to help them track users.
- postalrat 6y agoI have a hard time calling it linkedin's data when it belongs to the users. I may be wrong here but I assume linkedin's user's don't have a strong preference if their data is searchable by anyone or just people who pay linkedin thousands of dollars for one of their paid accounts.
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