Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
by mentalgear on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:44AM
(#47614395)
Interesting. I didn't know a extension’s web-accessible resource (e.g. chrome-extension://<id>/...) could be abused to learn about the user's installed extensions by checking whether it resolves or not.
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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
by davidmurdoch on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:46AM
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You would need to use use_dynamic_url: true in the manifest to create a unique one.
Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
by acorn221 on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:49AM
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Yeah, this is the easiest way to get around it
Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
by philipwhiuk on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:13AM
(#47614782)
Or just not allow them to load the URIs at all