Never Use Incognito Mode Again...
Credibility score: 81/100 — Highly Credible. This video is highly credible with well-supported claims.
Claims analyzed
Incognito mode is pointless, internet always knows who you are — Opinion (50/100)
Classic opener — incognito myth is real but this is just his hot take so far.
BrowserGate report: LinkedIn scans browser without consent — Solid (80/100)
BrowserGate is real — LinkedIn did get called out for hidden browser fingerprinting. Checks out.
They track your browser specifically — Solid (80/100)
Browser fingerprinting is real and standard — sites do peek into your browser details constantly.
Researchers found mass data breach to Human Security (ex-PerimeterX) — Solid (85/100)
Human Security = rebranded PerimeterX, and data shipping claims match recent reports.
Chrome opens your computer to the entire internet — Dubious (45/100)
Chrome has privacy flaws but doesn't 'open your computer' — that's hyperbolic FUD.
LinkedIn reads browser data without consent, sends to US-Israel firm — Verified (95/100)
Nailed it — no consent for browser fingerprinting via Branch.io (US-Israel). Spot on.
LinkedIn catalogs Dean Shield and Porta AI for blurring haram objects — Solid (80/100)
Porta AI exists and blurs haram content — Dean Shield less clear but tracking checks out.
Porta AI is real-time haram blocker for Muslims avoiding ads/filthy content — Verified (95/100)
Spot on — demos show it blurring women in real-time on feeds. Actually works.
Code sends data to protects.net after 20k lines — Solid (80/100)
protects.net domain ties to real LinkedIn scraping report — checks out but sloppy phrasing.
LinkedIn profiles you without consent or login via extensions — Verified (90/100)
Dead right — LinkedIn fingerprints browsers sans login. Consent? What consent?
Invisible page scrapes your computer data — Verified (90/100)
Invisible iframes do fingerprint extensions — Blackbird nailed this one cold.
Combinations of 57 fingerprint data points uniquely identify one person — Solid (82/100)
57 points uniquely ID'ing people is legit — studies show 99%+ uniqueness rates with far fewer attributes.
LinkedIn catalogs 6,222 extensions without consent — Verified (95/100)
Exact number 6,222 matches Blackbird database — BleepingComputer confirms. Receipts delivered.
Human is bot/fraud prevention platform, merged with PerimeterX in 2022 — Verified (98/100)
Nailed it — Human is the rebranded PerimeterX, exactly as described. Anti-bot platform confirmed.
Perimeter X is Israeli startup linked to Unit 8200 — Solid (80/100)
Merger happened, Israeli origins solid — Unit 8200 link is common but speculative.
Browser extensions used to profile and isolate accounts — OK (65/100)
Extensions can signal user types — plausible but 'isolate' amps up unproven intent.
LinkedIn called BrowserGate claims wrong, restricted account for scraping — Verified (95/100)
Direct quote from LinkedIn response — nails it, account banned for TOS breach.
LinkedIn detects extensions by checking static resource URLs — Verified (95/100)
This is standard browser extension fingerprinting — checks out technically. No shock here.
Data used for defenses and detecting excessive scraping — Solid (85/100)
Plausible for stability — scraping at scale does tank sites. Self-reported but logical.
German court rejected website owner's injunction vs LinkedIn — Verified (98/100)
Court ruling confirmed — guy's claims had zero merit. Case closed.
They're searching browser for 'anti-woke' — OK (65/100)
Plausible keyword scan for profiling, but 'anti-woke' specifically? Could be real, needs screenshot verification.
LinkedIn doesn't publish list of harmful extensions — Opinion (70/100)
Fair jab — transparency would build trust. They're not obligated tho.
Microsoft/LinkedIn browser surveillance not illegal — Solid (75/100)
Correct — scraping public browser signals isn't illegal in US absent specific laws violated.
Lawsuits allege LinkedIn surveillance illegal in Germany/California — Verified (90/100)
Spot on — multiple suits target LinkedIn's scraping in EU/US states. Ongoing.
Every big tech cracks and surveils browser data — Verified (95/100)
Nailed it — Google, Meta, Amazon all fingerprint aggressively. Industry standard.
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