Why Is LinkedIn Spying on Your Browser?

A new lawsuit alleges LinkedIn may have been collecting data from inside users’ browsers in ways most people never expected. If that is true, this is not just normal tracking. It is a much more invasive look into how websites can profile you behind the scenes. In this episode of Legitimate Cybersecurity, Frank Downs and Dustin Brewer break down the class-action allegations against LinkedIn, explain browser extension detection in plain English, and talk about why so many people are fed up with paying for platforms that still treat their identity like a product. They also walk through what this kind of tracking could reveal about you, why regulation keeps falling behind, and what everyday users can do right now to limit exposure online. 📩 Media/interview: [email protected] 🎧 Audio: https://legitimatecybersecurity.podbean.com/ Chapters: 00:00 LinkedIn is spying on you? 00:37 What this new lawsuit actually alleges 01:34 Why this one feels different 03:32 Why people are so fed up with LinkedIn 06:04 What websites can already learn about you 08:23 How browser extension detection works 10:13 Why this feels so invasive 14:51 What you can do to protect yourself 18:11 Browser vs app: which gives companies more access? 20:46 Consent, ethics, and hidden tracking 26:56 Will regulation ever catch up? 28:15 Final thoughts #linkedin #privacy #BrowserTracking #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #onlinetracking #surveillance #digitalprivacy #technews #legitimatecybersecurity