2026-09-08 23:11 UTC
Guess which of the bazillion tabs open in my browser is consuming the largest amount of system RAM by far? Ten points if you guessed LinkedIn. Resource Monitor said the tab was consuming a whopping 1.6 gigs of memory just now. In fairness, I guess all that tracking and AI garbage does require a lot of resources.
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@TycoonTom@infosec.exchange 2026-09-08 23:31
LinkedIn because it operates as a Single Page Application (SPA) with an infinite scroll feature :1000:
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@jimedrand@social.gnuweeb.org 2026-09-08 23:22
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange It depends on how much your tab has been used on your Browser. Firefox with much tab is worse.
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-09-08 23:14
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange not to mention that they probably hired their developers based on their linkedin profiles. ;)
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@chessert@mastodon.online 2026-09-09 00:05
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Yep: they require a lot of *your* resources. Because billionaires never use their own.
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@developing_agent@mastodon.social 2026-09-09 00:33
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange are we sure this isn't evidence of a memory spraying attack delivered through the ad network
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@ferricoxide@blahaj.zone 2026-09-09 01:59
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Slack and gSuite regular consume 1GiB+ per tab.