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Stephane Hamel
Digital marketing & analytics shaped by data governance, privacy and ethics | Educator · Speaker · Consultant
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April 26, 2023
🌟 Fort de ma créativité et passion pour le #DigitalMarketing et le #DigitalAnalytics, j'ai su tirer parti de l'#IA pour innover dans mes cours. Mon utilisation de #ChatGPT a suscité un grand intérêt médiatique et m'a permis de participer activement à la réflexion sur son déploiement dans divers secteurs, que ce soit le #marketing, l'#éducation, ou même les arts et ses impacts psychologiques. 🎙️ C'est avec enthousiasme que je partagerai mon expertise lors de la prochaine conférence sur l'analyse d'affaires organisée par l'#IIBA Région de #Québec, le 11 mai. #webinar #ai
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April 26, 2023
DID YOU KNOW? LinkedIn is spying on your browser extensions! While working on my own browser extension, I discovered that LinkedIn is actively scanning for other installed extensions. There’s code embedded in their site that loops through over 1,800 extension IDs, attempting to retrieve specific files from each extension’s package. If successful, LinkedIn knows exactly which extensions you’re using - especially those that might scrape content, automate actions, or modify their interface. This isn’t new. LinkedIn was first caught doing this over eight years ago, when they were scanning for just 38 extensions. That number has now ballooned to 1,800+! While some of these are clearly automation bots used for spam (no sympathy there), others are legitimate productivity tools. Why does this matter? This technique can be used by ANY website to detect extensions you’ve installed. It’s a powerful method for fingerprinting users - tracking them even when cookies and other identifiers are blocked. Privacy concerns. Since LinkedIn is probing elements installed on your device, doesn’t this fall under the ePrivacy Directive? There’s no mention of this practice in their privacy policy - nor any transparency about how they use this data. Is this a privacy violation? Should platforms be required to disclose this kind of tracking? Curious to hear your thoughts. #Privacy #LinkedIn #BrowserExtensions #Fingerprinting #CyberSecurity
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