Brad Howes

@__BRH__
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American coder in Paris. C++/Python by day, Swift by night.
Githubhttps://github.com/bradhowes
LinkedInhttps://linkedin.com/in/bradhowes
Bloghttps://keystrokecountdown.com
Brad Howes3d ago
Paco Hope3d ago

Holy shit this is detailed. Can you believe the hubris to silently collect all this information on users?

#privacy

https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/

The Attack: How it works

Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, LinkedIn’s JavaScript executes a silent scan of your installed browser extensions. The scan probes for thousands of specific extensions by ID, collects the results, encrypts them, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers. The entire process happens in the background. There is no consent dialog, no notification, no mention of it in LinkedIn’s privacy policy. This page documents exactly how the system works, with line references and code excerpts from LinkedIn’s production JavaScript bundle.

BrowserGate
Brad HowesMar 25
Very cool! As a long-time user/fan of iStat Menus I had no idea Bjango was in the audio plugin space. Well done!
Brad HowesJan 14
Given Xcode’s persistent difficulty accurately displaying unit test status in the Test Navigator, I’m starting to think not a lot of testing goes on in Apple…
Brad HowesDec 8
Just realized that in Xcode 26.1.1 the menu option to show/hide the “code review” view is reversed.
Brad HowesDec 4
I just blew away my home directory on my laptop in hopes of being able to use Apple Pay once again. Finished restoring files and settings I'm actively using. So far so good. #macOS
Brad HowesNov 7
My phone says 5G. Who is telling the truth? My bet is on the phone since my Mac often asks if I want do stop using the iPhone because it has low power when it clearly does not. #macOS
Brad HowesNov 7
I still miss that metallic ching when changing tracks. Respooling an errant one was a major pain though.
Brad HowesOct 30
Dare ObasanjoOct 30

Ron DeSantis has told Florida universities that they shouldn’t hire foreign workers but instead only Americans.

Why hire the best from around the world to educate your kids when you can embrace xenophobia instead?

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/gov-desantis-directs-florida-universities-to-stop-using-h-1b-visas/3713807/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_MIBrand&fbclid=IwY2xjawNwQkZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFQdEpVODlSbkN4eGxzV3F6AR4GMU3kyFoOdTjStm43l41VU-DOKGpDobZA0_HrFnLnqxFCbxukOF76t4uJFg_aem_uKSii2m6SxxkgyiGfNIiSw

Brad HowesOct 15
On TGV to house in Brittany. Listening to Kraftwerk’s “Europe Endless”. For now, the world is ok.
Brad HowesOct 13

It is a small bit but when I see stuff like this in my Swift build it makes me sad.

-lc++ -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -lc++ -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -lc++ -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -lc++ -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -lc++ -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries -Wl,-no_warn_duplicate_libraries …