Dossier
Data scraping
Coverage of Data scraping in the Nexus archive.
- LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits
LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users' browser extensions. The lawsuits, filed by different law firms in California, cite the BrowserGate report by Fairlinked, which is linked to Teamfluence, an Estonian company. LinkedIn claims Teamfluence violated its terms by scraping user data through a browser extension.
- Three YouTubers accuse Apple of illegal scraping to train its AI models
Three YouTubers are accusing Apple of engaging in illegal scraping activities to train its AI models. The claim alleges that Apple is violating privacy and data usage laws by extracting content without proper authorization.