Comment on LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensionsComments−toomuchtodo1dCan browsers defend against this with technical countermeasures?−hurfdurf12hConsidering this is only an issue on Chrom*-browsers because they are the only ones offering the API used by LinkedIn for that scan...EDIT: As explained in the original submission when this was detected, Firefox is randomizing extension IDs per site, Chrome does not.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613981−toomuchtodo9hThank you!
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Can browsers defend against this with technical countermeasures?
Considering this is only an issue on Chrom*-browsers because they are the only ones offering the API used by LinkedIn for that scan...
EDIT: As explained in the original submission when this was detected, Firefox is randomizing extension IDs per site, Chrome does not.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613981
Thank you!