The practice at the centre of the controversy is called resource probing. When a user opens LinkedIn in a Chromium-based ...

LinkedIn calls it a smear campaign, but does not deny scanning people's browsers for extensions.

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors' browsers for installed extensions and collect device data.

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