Why does LinkedIn keep requesting my master password?
I have set a master password to protect all my saved logins. My LinkedIn account is set on automatic login i.e. I am able to login to LinkedIn without putting in my login details. Then why does LinkedIn keep on requesting me for my master password after I have been able to login? In my opinion it does not need to as I am able to keep cancelling the dialog box and proceed with my activity on LinkedIn. Its just that it is annoying having to cancel the dialog box everytime I open a new page on LinkedIn. Can LinkedIn access my other saved logins as well?
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I think LinkedIn is asking for its password, and the Password Manager is asking for the Master Password.
Do you log out of LinkedIn? Are you clearing cookies when the browser closes?
I don't log out of LinkedIn. I am not clearing cookies when the browser closes.
I can log in to LinkedIn without putting in any password. I can continue working on LinkedIn even if I simply keep on cancelling the dialog box that requests my master password. Is there a way to see that which password(s) is a website accessing?
That sounds very suspicious! Per what I read related to another support thread here, yes LinkedIn can connect to webmail services - but which ones or how many is unknown.
See this thread: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1137554 https://www.quora.com/Does-LinkedIn-access-your-email-or-contact-list
Member (05/19/2016 11:46 CST) Oh, and I also tried to use the interface at https://www.linkedin.com/connect... to remove synced sources but the only options I was given were to sync various sources (gmail, google contacts, google calendar), not remove them. Any help with this issue would be appreciated. Thank you
Based upon that, my guess is that a Google+ connection might might be what LinkedIn is trying to make.
Or, LinkedIn may be trying to connect to a webmail service to synchronize your contacts list, other than Gmail. After a quick read of that Quora thread I was shaking my head about there being no way to disable. And this comment from Kelly the "Support Specialist" - "There is not a setting to specifically turn this feature off." - makes me glad that I'm not a LinkedIn user. Sounds like a sketchy (as in disreputable) feature if there's no way to disable it.
I read the entire conversation on Quora. It is scary and absolutely unethical if LinkedIn can resort to such measures to invade the privacy of its users. Isn't there a way for Mozilla to restrict the communication between 2 different tabs?
No, not currently, but I don't think 2 tabs are necessary for LinkedIn to be able to do that. I guess that you haven't read the Terms Of Service for LinkedIn, probably spelled out there buried in the midst of fine print.