In r/privacy, concern rises that sites can enumerate installed browser extensions, with LinkedIn cited as scanning thousands of Chrome extensions, reinforcing fears about fingerprinting and tracking via extension lists.
Is there a good reason websites can read installed browser extensions? This should be banned to combat fingerprinting imo
LinkedIn secretely scans for 6,000+ Chrome extensions, collects data
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