Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 day ago
any non fash host CSV?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 23 hours ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Take a drink every time you see dog/cat fact browser extensions
Auth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is why im extremely careful using browser extensions. The access they have is pretty wide as far as software goes these days. So many people install malicious ones without thinking.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dark Reader for edge is on here but the Firefox one isn’t listed so I’m good there i guess? Super sad i had to uninstall my cat fact extensions. It was nice to have instant access to cat facts in the menu bar.
starchylemming@lemmy.world 1 day ago
a lot of these seem to be accessibility extensions.
how nice, preying on the disabled
orionsbelt@midwest.social 1 day ago
The common thread among all of them: They incorporate MellowTel-js, an open source JavaScript library that allows developers to monetize their extensions.