The address bar you have is set to a search engine such as google or duckduckgo, its those search engines that will auto fill as you type, if you don’t have it in your browser history.
Don’t browsers already give out what program extensions you have associated? So that the browser knows how to handle certain web requests?
I’m sure its not just linked in gleaning that info. Just they have more personal info.
The article doesn’t say any specifics just fear points.
And this is from me, a person who values their privacy and runs Linux and GrapheneOS phone.
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That can’t be legal
> implying i let linkedin on my computer
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This JavaScript bundle apparently only runs on Chrome browsers. What do they do with Firefox or other browsers?
It’s that why it keeps auto-filling the address bar as LinkedIn as soon as i type an L, even though I’ve never been to LinkedIn in my life?
The address bar you have is set to a search engine such as google or duckduckgo, its those search engines that will auto fill as you type, if you don’t have it in your browser history.
Don’t browsers already give out what program extensions you have associated? So that the browser knows how to handle certain web requests? I’m sure its not just linked in gleaning that info. Just they have more personal info. The article doesn’t say any specifics just fear points. And this is from me, a person who values their privacy and runs Linux and GrapheneOS phone.