LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.

Abstract: On the contemporary web, cookies are pervasive and serve as crucial instruments used by developers of websites, marketers, and companies to improve user experience and acquire useful data.

LinkedIn says it scans extensions to prevent invasive web scraping and calls the California lawsuits 'a house of cards built ...

A German group claims LinkedIn is 'illegally searching' users' computers. But the Microsoft-owned site says it collects data ...