Chrome Store Features Extension Poisoned With Sophisticated Spyware (www.darkreading.com)

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[-] AceSLS@ani.social 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes. Something along the lines of "chrome store is for YOUR own good so we can make sure you only install safe addons".

Turns out that was a lie to lock people further into their ecosystem and probably also to increase control over what people can and can't install easily. Just like 99% of the time big companies say something

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