<story><title>How LinkedIn detects browser extensions</title><url>https://github.com/dandrews/nefarious-linkedin</url></story><parent_chain><item><author></author><text></text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>guitarbill</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m failing to see how these extensions &amp;quot;circumvent the privacy of our members&amp;quot;, but normal use of the website doesn&amp;#x27;t. Either you&amp;#x27;re safeguarding the information properly, or you aren&amp;#x27;t.&lt;p&gt;I am fine with huge GDPR fines to teach companies that data is a liability as well as an asset, and needs to be protected appropriately (which this measure doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to do, since it is trivial to bypass).&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not so sure I&amp;#x27;m OK with you probing my browser to detect ToS violations&amp;#x2F;scraping, but not transparently mentioning it makes it worse.</text></comment>
<story><title>How LinkedIn detects browser extensions</title><url>https://github.com/dandrews/nefarious-linkedin</url></story><parent_chain><item><author></author><text></text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>robin_reala</author><text>Could you explain what holes these extensions are using to extract the hidden personal data? Or is it that the personal data is already in plain view and these extensions are just collating it?</text></comment>