Adobe native apps modify your `hosts` file to see from the Web if its software is installed: https://www.osnews.com/story/144737/adobe-secretly-modifies-your-hosts-file-for-the-stupidest-reason/.

LinkedIn scans for traces of installed browser extensions: https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/.

Regular people outside of our tech bubble here on Mastodon have no idea any of this is happening, or even technically feasible.

Adobe secretly modifies your hosts file for the stupidest reason – OSnews