Jason Coon on Nostr: I just read up on "BrowserGate", where LinkedIn is secretly (and illegally) searching ...
I just read up on "BrowserGate", where LinkedIn is secretly (and illegally) searching users' computers for installed Chrome extensions. So of course I had to create a simple example web page to demonstrate what they're doing.
It uses only client-side javascript and doesn't send your data anywhere:
https://jasoncoon.github.io/chrome-ext-listMore info:
https://browsergate.eu 
Published at
2026-04-03 22:48:10 UTCEvent JSON
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