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Here's the full list; they're all spammy recruiting/sales extensions (nothing legit like uBlock or LastPass):

    daxtra
    SalesloftProspector
    SalesLoftCadence
    discoverly
    Ecquire
    Ebstabullhorn
    EbstaSalesforce
    ProspectHive
    talentbin
    Entelo
    Nimble
    amazinghiring
    colabo extension
    StepWells(colabo)
    found.ly
    datananas
    Linkedin-Hubspot Connector
    dux-soup(fixed)
    data Scraper
    aevy
    Lusha
    Lead Generator
    Candidate.ai
    Email Hunter
    Prospectify
    iMacros
    Prophet
    Leadiq
    HirEtuaL
    Contact Out
    Prospect.io
    saleslift.io
    Skrapp
    Slik
    CleverStaff
    Linked Helper
    Get Email
    Sourcehub
    Salestools
    SellHack
    Sourcebreaker
    turboHiring
    LinMailPro
    LinMailNavigator
    Leonard for Linkedin
    LinkeLead
    Loxo Social import
    Jlenty
    Social2Sugar
    Emply
    Linkedroid
    eLink Pro
    LinkMatch for zoho CrM
    LinkMatch for zoho recruit
    inkMatch for CatS
    LinkMatch for PCrecruiter
    LinkMatch for Pipedrive
    LinkMatch for Greenhouse
    Snapaddy Grabber
    ramper
    Linklead.io
    alore.io
    Hr-Skyen
    SeekOut
    Leadkedin
    icebreaker
    Spider for Linkedin
    recruiterNerd
    Crelate
    EyeMail
    Sales Lead Multiplier
    Email Finder
    Linkedin assistant Lily
    auto Connect tools Lily
    adapt Prospector
    Leadconnect
    Linkedbot
    People.camp
    instant data Scraper
    LinkMe tool
    adorito
    gay2sms
    Lusha (FireFox Extension)
    LinkedPro
    LeadGibbon
    Socialbff
And here's the code you can run yourself: https://pastebin.com/Ux684VtL


> There's not a single extensions on that list that doesn't result in someone getting an unsolicited email.

Nimble is just a CRM. Their extension does not crawl for email addresses, as far as I remember. Why does linkedIn need to "protect its users" from it? Isn't it rather to protect itself against the competition?


iMacros is a legit extension. But yeah, I guess there are recruiters using it to spam people.


Agree. iMacros is a completely fine macro recorder. Similar extensions like Kantu and Selenium IDE are not in the list.


well iMacros looks like another scraping tool, while those others look like testing tools that can be used for scraping.


>gay2sms

That's a malware, isn't it?


No idea, but if it is, and this is about protecting users from malicious addons, why did LinkedIn not just report that extension to Google?




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