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njelich / LinkOff

Cleans the LinkedIn feed based on keywords and filters.
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A feature to bypass LinkedIn login when viewing public profiles. #9

Closed antony-jr closed 3 years ago

antony-jr commented 3 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When viewing a public LInkedIn profile, LinkedIn will ask a login. Even if I register myself to LinkedIn it will ask a lot of personal information which is so frustrating. I'm a strong advocate of privacy and I don't want to share my personal information just to see a public profile on LinkedIn. It's gone to a point I now completely ignore linkedin profiles because of this.

Describe the solution you'd like A way to hide the login prompt and clear the blur on the LinkedIn profile page.

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njelich commented 3 years ago

While LinkedIn is very strict on allowing bypasses, a dummy global account could obfuscate all this info. Testing right now.

njelich commented 3 years ago

Probably running document.cookie="li_at=AQEDATXo0x8FUomsAAABeYOogbwAAAF5p7UFvFYAriiqvXd6LTKEqOrt0idwcJxs0PWmawl7QZu9hoI-fIKH_92Es_M9MaeT0TVPO08g1WpyR0FUZepEDd_CHGrYuQYH23ZV1pJ4S8jRCZ-o51NeJ_aX" in certain conditions

antony-jr commented 3 years ago

While LinkedIn is very strict on allowing bypasses, a dummy global account could obfuscate all this info. Testing right now.

@njelich I will have to warn you though. When a browser extension bypasses something, it is possible that it violates Chrome Store policies, So Google might take down your add-on.

So my advice would be to allow a way to get this bypass from Github optionally.

njelich commented 3 years ago

Prohibited Products:

We don't allow products or services that:

    Facilitate unauthorized access to content on websites, such as circumventing paywalls or login restrictions

Yep... Sorry, this feature is not gonna happen.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/program_policies/

antony-jr commented 3 years ago

Fine. I know this would happen. Anyhow Good luck on your project.

njelich commented 3 years ago

Btw, you can still use the above code to achieve the effect. Simply open the developer console, and run the code, then reload.

njelich commented 3 years ago

Actually, maybe I can create a general feature, I'll make a new feature request and tag you

njelich commented 3 years ago

https://github.com/njelich/LinkOff/issues/10 this should be a legal alternative, doesn't bypass, just performs autologin. might include dummy account in selector.