[Aurornis]

Many extensions designed to scrape data from social media websites are disguised as simple extensions that do something else.

If I had to guess: I sought that automatic content blurrer, neurodivergent website simplifier, or anti-Zionist tagger actually work. They’re all just piggybacking on trending topics to get users to install them and then forget about them, then they exfiltrate the data when you visit LinkedIn.

[cryptoegorophy]

This. Do not install any extension unless you absolutely need. Assume they all leak your browsing data. Not familiar with Google but if you can just vibe code your own extension then do that.

[cousin_it]

Vibe supply chain attacks are coming btw.

[johanyc]

Wdym? You vibe code your software. Are you saying the LLM will spit out malware?

[GrinningFool]

Sooner or later, yes. What stops it , other than layers of imperfect process? And it's the perfect vector to exploit anyone who doesn't review and understand the generated code before running it locally

[dcchuck]

They're also the only avenue to breaking out of the browser sandbox.

[janalsncm]

Your explanation makes sense if LinkedIn is blocking browsers with these extensions installed. Are they?