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LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new 'BrowserGate' security report — scripts stealthily scan visitors' browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data

LinkedIn is understood to inject a JavaScript fingerprinting script on every page load that probes visitors' browsers for 6,236 installed Chrome extensions and collects detailed device telemetry.
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/browsers/linkedin-scans-visitors-browsers-for-over-6000-chrome-extensions-and-collects-device-data

Saul 14h ago

Neil Brown 15h ago

If it is indeed the case that any country's EIDAS (electronic identification, authentication, and trust services) implementation requires an account with a third party tech company - Apple, or Google, or whatever - then that is repugnant and reprehensible.

Saul 3d ago

For some reason I can’t get a certain Rush song out of my head right now…

Saul Mar 25

This comes as no surprise. It’s what happens when you built a social network for the profit, not the people. It needs to stop and people need good alternatives.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/25/jury-verdict-us-first-social-media-addiction-trial-meta-youtube?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Jury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder

The Guardian

Saul Mar 14

David Mar 12

Ship now heading to Southampton with chicken on board, next voyage is back to New York with the sack of grain.

Saul Mar 7

After this latest iOS update, Apple now want me to verify my age on the basis that “It’d be a shame if something happened to your services…”

Saul Mar 5

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Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Mar 4

READERS need to lead the way by moving to retailers other than Amazon:
@bookshop.org has ebooks now.

AUTHORS need to get their books over there too (via @draft2digital.bsky.social ).

I'm already on 4 other retailers (plus print, audio, libraries), but I'm working on getting my books on Bookshop.

Saul Mar 2

kim_harding ✅Mar 1

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/

Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't share this story, it makes them look even more stupid if you do...

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir

If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, you’d think someone in the building might have flagged…

Techdirt

Saul Mar 2

Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸Mar 2

I'm just wondering if @pluralistic has seen this yet...

Not only is it a funny sketch about enshittification, but it's made by the Norwegian Consumer Council, and there's a call to action at the end.

https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ

#enshittification

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

YouTube

Saul Feb 28

Number 1: chips