LinkedIn scans for 6k+ browser extensions you've installed on your computer when you visit their website with a Chrome based browser.

This is fine.🐶🔥🏠

https://browsergate.eu/extensions/

#LinkedIn #dataPrivacy #browserextensions #Chrome

Scanned Extensions Database

6,222 extensions. Zero consent. Every time you visit LinkedIn, a hidden JavaScript program scans your browser for installed Chrome extensions. No notice. No opt-in. No mention in their privacy policy. The scan doesn’t just look for LinkedIn-related tools. It identifies whether you use an Islamic content filter (PordaAI — “Blur Haram objects, real-time AI for Islamic values”), whether you’ve installed an anti-Zionist political tagger (Anti-Zionist Tag), or a tool designed for neurodivergent users (simplify). Under GDPR Article 9, processing data that reveals religious beliefs, political opinions, or health conditions requires explicit consent. LinkedIn obtains none.

BrowserGate

Releasing Searcher, a Configurable, Privacy-Minded Chromium Extension to Trigger Random Searches:

A mini-tool to make it costlier to invade your privacy.

https://meiert.com/blog/searcher/

#tools #misc #browserextensions #chromium #search #privacy

Releasing Searcher, a Configurable, Privacy-Minded Chromium Extension to Trigger Random Searches · Jens Oliver Meiert

A mini-tool to make it costlier to invade your privacy.

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#kagi #browserextensions

Ever wondered what it would feel like to learn a language from a native speaker - with no translations, ever? I built a browser extension using local Ollama and Stable Diffusion to mimic what I imagined it might feel like to learn as a child from a native speaker.

#llm #local #selfhosted #opensource #languagelearning
#browserextensions

https://blog.paractmol.nl/the-ollama-browser-extension-i-made-to-teach-myself-dutch/

The Ollama browser extension I made to teach myself Dutch

What would happen if AI became my native language teacher — not translating words, but explaining them through context, images, and exposure, the way a child learns from a parent? That question became the starting point for a small experiment.

Paractmol

Tubefilter: PewDiePie was sick of suffering from “algo brain,” so he “fixed YouTube”. “The creator who was once the biggest thing on YouTube is now in his mad scientist era, and his tinkering has allowed him to develop a tool that takes the mental taxation out of social media scrolling. PewDiePie‘s browser extension, which he built using his personal AI model, takes users straight to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/21/tubefilter-pewdiepie-was-sick-of-suffering-from-algo-brain-so-he-fixed-youtube/
Tubefilter: PewDiePie was sick of suffering from “algo brain,” so he “fixed YouTube”

Tubefilter: PewDiePie was sick of suffering from “algo brain,” so he “fixed YouTube”. “The creator who was once the biggest thing on YouTube is now in his mad scientist era, and his tinkering…

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Small Web just got bigger · Kagi’s people-first web directory arrives on mobile apps https://ilo.im/16bhdk

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#Humans #Directory #Blogs #Websites #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #Mobile #Android #iOS #BrowserExtensions

Kagi Blog - Small Web Just Got Bigger

Small Web, the non-commercial part of the internet made by real people, has always been at the heart of what we do at Kagi. Today, we're adding to the Small Web experience with new browser extensions,...

I have yet to see a legitimate browser extension that interacts with LLMs / AI platforms.

Most, if not all, steal user inputs and LLM responses; install malware.

#browserextensions #llm #ai #chrome #firefox

ZDNet: The permissions behind your AI Chrome extensions deserve a closer look – they may be spying on you. “New research from data removal service Incogni finds that more than half of a sample set of AI Chrome extensions collect user data. Almost a third are ‘gathering personally identifiable information (PII).'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/zdnet-the-permissions-behind-your-ai-chrome-extensions-deserve-a-closer-look-they-may-be-spying-on-you/
ZDNet: The permissions behind your AI Chrome extensions deserve a closer look – they may be spying on you

ZDNet: The permissions behind your AI Chrome extensions deserve a closer look – they may be spying on you. “New research from data removal service Incogni finds that more than half of a…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose