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Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring SSD activity through a browser API
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this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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software dev here.
I worked with a guy who was implementing application monitoring for clientside applications. think of it like google analytics for single page apps. he proposed we could require users install a browser plugin to make it easier to track and monitor the users on our app with the added benefit we could track them on other websites like our competition.
one person in a room of about 11 people spoke up about the implications of privacy and the backlash we might have from our user base when they find out that we basically just installed a keylogger in their browser.
the only thing that stopped this plan from going forward was the risk of losing users and potential revenue loss.
my point in all this is to answer your question. no, most people have stopped thinking about their actions and are just creating "solutions" to problems that don't exist.
Hey I’ve been in that room! I don’t get it, I can’t live with that for of thing. And this is why I only have like 2 or 3 extensions (all ad blockers).
Execs love this shit. I only had one exec who pushed not to do that or open Pandora’s box.
He made a ton of cash, cashed out, and retired at 30 something. Awesome dude, I miss working under him.
Out of curiosity, why 2-3 different ad blockers?
I have similar.
and have pihole on my network.
They often do different things.
Privacy badger, ublock, https everywhere are just required tools.
It's wild how quickly morality falls to the wayside (and is subsequently paved over). Especially crazy to abandon one's moral standing early on the path of solving problems that don't exist to appease people who don't care for a chance at the advancement of a career that you can't take with you in a field that could be wiped out by a solar flare, all to end up making the world a worse place for subsequent generations (I'm not a bleeding-heart idealist, lol).
I often think about a few people I know who have psych degrees. All were told, in different years, that if they wanted to make money as a psychologist, they needed to get in with tech companies. Some even got job offers.