Friday links for April 3rd 2026
It’s Friday. Links incoming:
1. LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
The title is somewhat hyperbolic, but it seems LinkedIn is fingerprinting browsers and scanning for installed extensions that could help them profile you. Spoiler: only in Chrome or Chromium-based browsers, so choose an alternative if you go there.
2. AI Headshot Apps Removed Her Hijab
Another demonstration of how AI tools are not neutral. You may have seen these headshot tools that generate “professional” versions of portrait photos using AI. All of them remove Hijabs. Proof that the weight of the training data has massive influence on the output.
3. "CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism
This is something that has been bugging me for ages now: journalists uncritically repeating what business leaders say; with no context, scrutiny, or pushback. Basically acting as stenographers for Silicon Valley.
4. Kin - Everyday tools.No strings.
A curated collection of simple little web tools. From a ukulele tuner to a first-aid guide, via an invoice generator. All free and private.
See you on Monday,
Colin