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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by flomo on Thursday April 30, 2026 @07:02PM (#47969406)
It's actually the extension injecting itself into the webpage, often to interact with it. (I imagine much of this is just looking for global ExtensionName objects.)
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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by angoragoats on Thursday April 30, 2026 @07:56PM (#47969860)
Actually, the article is clear about what is happening technically, and it’s both. Chrome does, in fact, allow the page to make requests for resources stored in the extension bundle, and this is one of the two fingerprinting methods that the article describes.
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