alt Hacker NewsCalling out the fingerprinting of extensions is appropriate and can be achieved without hyperbole.
As I’ve stated clearly throughout this thread, the fingerprinting they’re doing is a problem.
Calling it “searching your computer” is also a problem.
> Defending that action is
Nowhere have I defended what LinkedIn is doing.
It's `searching your computer`, period. The extensions are part of my computer. They don't exist in my refrigerator.
> Nowhere have I defended what LinkedIn is doing.
Yep. You feel the same taste of your own. You are accusing the site being hyperbole and alarmism. I'm accusing you being defendant of linkedin.