LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request

Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by kyleee on Thursday April 30, 2026 @05:19PM (#47968358)

And certainly fingerprint you right?

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by flomo on Thursday April 30, 2026 @07:17PM (#47969543)

Probably mostly for abuse prevention. Lots of extensions like this one:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/linkedin-data...

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by hirako2000 on Thursday April 30, 2026 @07:22PM (#47969603)

The "abuse" is that one doesn't have to copy paste for hours.

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by WJW on Thursday April 30, 2026 @05:48PM (#47968661)

I guess that's what they're hoping for. With my admittedly biased opinion of the average linkedin user, about 99% will have the default set of extensions installed and so will not be very useful. Those users might have other identifiers of course, so who knows.

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by jwpapi on Thursday April 30, 2026 @06:00PM (#47968787)

I’m pretty sure it’s not 99% you would wonder how many differences there are along with user-agent resolution and ip range...

I think 99% are identifiable

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by flomo on Thursday April 30, 2026 @07:19PM (#47969561)

Ideally about 99% of LinkedIn users are using their professional name, occupation, and location.

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by RobRivera on Thursday April 30, 2026 @06:23PM (#47969026)

Oh man time to see if there is a chrome Bonzai Buddy extension

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