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Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu
@campuscodi@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

A security researcher has discovered 287 Chrome extensions that exfiltrate a user's browsing history.

The extensions have been installed more than 37 million times.

They range from ad blockers to AI assistants and office aids.

https://qcontinuum.substack.com/p/spying-chrome-extensions-287-extensions-495

Spying Chrome Extensions: 287 Extensions spying on 37M users

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Nadine Mehlis
Nadine Mehlis
@nadinemehlis@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 58 minutes ago

@campuscodi Thanks for sharing.

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Kerplunk
Kerplunk
@Kerplunk@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@campuscodi

287 Chrome extensions that exfiltrate a user's browsing history.

The extensions have been installed more than 37 million times.

They range from ad blockers to AI assistants and office aids.

https://qcontinuum.substack.com/p/spyi

You do not need extensions to get your data stolen while using chrome.
It is a trojan not a browser.

If you want chrome based and privacy

https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/

Downloads for ungoogled-chromium

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Erik Ableson
Erik Ableson
@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@campuscodi In the categories of:
- reasons I don’t use Chrome
- reasons I don’t use plugins

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