> I think most people would interpret “scanning your computer” as breaking out of the confines the browser and gathering information from the computer itself.

That is exactly how I interpreted it, and that is why I clicked the link. When I skimmed the article and realized that wasn't the case, I immediately thought "Ugh, clickbait" and came to the HN comments section.

> To reiterate, at no point am I saying this is good or acceptable. I think there’s a massive privacy problem in the tech industry that needs to be addressed.

100% Agree.

So, in summary: what they are doing is awful. Yes, they are collecting a ton of data about you. But, when you post with a headline that makes me think they are scouring my hard drive for data about me... and I realize that's not the case... your credibility suffers.

Also, I think the article would be better served by pointing out that LinkedIn is BY FAR not the only company doing this...

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smohare an hour ago | parent | next [-]

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lejalv 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But LinkedIn is the one social network many people literally cannot escape to put food on the table.

I don't care about how much spying is going on in ESPN. I can ditch it at the shadow of a suspicion. Not so with LinkedIn.

This is very alarming, and pretending it's not because everyone else does it sounds disingenuous to me.

	▲	umanwizard 44 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You can also just browse LinkedIn with a browser that doesn’t have extensions installed, if privacy is that important to you. Like everyone else on this thread, I’m not condoning it or saying it’s a good thing, but this post is an exaggeration.
	▲	franktankbank 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That sounds problematic and is only supported by people mindlessly agreeing to it. I know someone who got jobs at google and apple with no linkedin, and he wasn't particularly young. What do you do in the face of it? I say quit entirely. It was an easy decision because I got nothing out of it during the entire time I was on it.