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Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects

ID: 22b943f0-ea1d-52cb-acd5-db3806b96220

STIX ID: report--22b943f0-ea1d-52cb-acd5-db3806b96220

Feed Name: CIO Security

Date Published: 2026-04-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

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**Summary:** The text warns that unverified "BrowserGate" allegations suggest LinkedIn could perform browser fingerprinting to map organizational tech stacks and user extensions, advising organizations to treat LinkedIn as a potential hostile third-party data collector and consider mitigations such as blocking LinkedIn on sensitive networks, using VDI or sandboxed/isolated browsers.

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