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Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by pluralmonad »

thesmtsolver2 wrote: post #188
jmward01 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do they respect my data? Why do they get to track me across sites when I clearly don't want them to but someone can't scrape their data when they don't want them to. Why should big companies get the pass but individuals not? They clearly consider internet traffic fair game and are invasive and abusive about it so it is not only fair to be invasive and abusive back, it is self defense at this point.

You do realize anti-scraping measures are one way of protecting your data too?

In this context, "protecting" means the interest of linkedin who aggressively sells the data. Users that give data to linkedin are not protecting their data either way.

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by pluralmonad »

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #137
john-h-k wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because you signed up to a set of terms and conditions saying LinkedIn can use your data in this way

No one likes paying taxes but they still do it. They could just not work and not have money and therefore not need to pay tax.

Except what you have to pay each year for the privilege of staying in "your" house.

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by fragmede »

direwolf20 wrote: post #162
throwaway808081 wrote: post #110

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Just have a database of UUIDs. Seems pretty trivial to generate and sort as it's only 16 bytes each.

It exists https://everyuuid.com/

The write-up for it is surprisingly interesting! https://eieio.games/blog/writing-down-every-uuid/#toc:entrop...

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by fragmede »

userbinator wrote: post #148
bastard_op wrote: post #88

Chrome is the new IE6. Google set themselves up to be the next Microsoft and is "ad friendly" in all the creepy ways because that's what Google IS an ad company. All they've contributed to security is diminishing the capability of adblockers and letting malware to do bad things to you as consumers.

Chrome has become much worse than IE6. Microsoft was not in the business of tracking users and selling ads back then.

Was.

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by nevf1 »

minkeymaniac wrote: post #3

I can confirm.. open up linkedIn.. hit F12 and watch the error count keep going up and up and up Screenshots found here https://x.com/DenisGobo/status/2018334684879438150

Yikes, same happening on my PC. This is crazy, nefarious websites constantly intruding in any way they can.

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by Bluecobra »

timnetworks wrote: post #228
cranberryturkey wrote: post #222

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The real friction in browser hopping isn't features — it's keeping your workflow portable. Bookmarks especially. Each browser has its own sync silo (Chrome → Google, Firefox → Mozilla, Safari → iCloud). For multi-browser setups (Firefox for fingerprint resistance, Chrome for the sites that only work there), cross-browser bookmark sync is weirdly undersolved. Xbrowsersync, marksyncr, and a few others exist but most pe…

Anecdote: yesterday i exported my bookmarks into an html file and then asked for a script that will make a webpage out of them. with a search. and favicon download from domain. better than any bookmark bar imho.

This is a great idea, thanks. I built an IPv6 only webhost in Digital Ocean a while ago as a learning exercise and it’s been sitting idle. Making a personal portal sounds like a fun project.

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by veyh »

LAC-Tech wrote: post #174
cbsks wrote: post #44

Looks like Firefox is immune. This works by looking for web accessible resources that are provided by the extensions. For Chrome, these are are available in a webpage via the URL chrome-extension://[PACKAGE ID]/[PATH] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/manif... On Firefox, web accessible resources are available at "moz-extension:// /myfile.png" is not your extension's ID. This ID is randomly gener…

Anecdotally, I sometimes notice my computer fan spinning ferociously... it's almost always because I have left a firefox tab with linkedin open somewhere. Are they bit coin mining or are they just incompetent?

I've noticed similar issues with the web version of MS Teams.

You can actually see what tabs are hogging CPU by pressing SHIFT-ESC to open the task manager (about:processes) inside Firefox.

Re: LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions

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Post by Bluecobra »

LAC-Tech wrote: post #174
cbsks wrote: post #44

Looks like Firefox is immune. This works by looking for web accessible resources that are provided by the extensions. For Chrome, these are are available in a webpage via the URL chrome-extension://[PACKAGE ID]/[PATH] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/manif... On Firefox, web accessible resources are available at "moz-extension:// /myfile.png" is not your extension's ID. This ID is randomly gener…

Anecdotally, I sometimes notice my computer fan spinning ferociously... it's almost always because I have left a firefox tab with linkedin open somewhere. Are they bit coin mining or are they just incompetent?

It’s probably some feature they sell to recruiters to grab your attention. :)
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