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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by cromka on Thursday April 30, 2026 @08:15PM (#47969996)
Call me crazy but both Google and MS started doing weird things like that since about the dinner at Trump. Did you know that Google Chrome now happily asks you to store your ID/Passport information on top of all the information they offered to store for the last 10 years or so? Why now? Why this crazy "enhanced" feature? (https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/chrome/e...)

I am far from conspiracy theorist but, god damn, if you take a few steps back from all the current madness and look at what's happening from a perspective, then YES, they're collecting all that data and it up to specific people and their IDs. I don't even want to guess how deep are Palantir and AI chat in this.

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Re:LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the resu... by estimator7292 on Thursday April 30, 2026 @08:51PM (#47970191)
This is complete and utter conspiracy nonsense.

This kind of tracking has been going on for decades

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