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Over 80 Chrome Extensions Found Selling Their Users Data - And It’s All Completely Legal (layerxsecurity.com)
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  • A network of 24 media extensions that are installed on 800,000 users and collected viewing data and demographic information on major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, Apple TV, and others
  • 12 separate ad blockers with a combined install base of over 5.5 million users openly selling user data
  • Nearly 50 other extensions, with over 100,000 users in aggregate, that collected and resold users’ browsing data
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[-] _haha_oh_wow_@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody should still be using Chrome after they killed proper ad blocking. The browser is a legitimate security threat.

[-] Arklese1zure@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's kinda sad, seeing how far it has fallen. Chrome was an absolute beast of a browser back in the Windows 7 days.

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

when i uninstalled chrome long time ago, i immidiately noticed that my pc performance improved. it slows down your computer even if its not on

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

They killed uBlock Origin. Fortunately uBlock Origin Lite has been working with Cromite, but I'm holding onto my Ungoogled Chromium install with full uBlock Origin till my dying breath.

[-] ruby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

ublock origin lite sadly does only a fraction of what the normal ublock origin does. no javascript blocking, no remote fonts blocking, no large media element blocking, no granular dynamic filtering in that popup panel. i guess it's still decent to block ads though, but so very crippled compared to the real deal

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

But why do you love helping Google control web standards, when you could just be using a Mozilla-based browser instead?

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

Because Mozilla has their heads up their asses and won't implement tab groups on mobile

[-] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

i have morons still saying they use chrome because of it's profiles. you can't unfix the stupid, there's too much of it.

[-] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

But... tons of browsers have that.

[-] gapa@feddit.nu -1 points 3 weeks ago

I use chromium for some sites since i have written an extension that gives me dark mode for all sites. And firefox demands that all extensions have to be signed.

[-] notastatist@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

There are darkmode extensions for firefox. Or do you like to use your own?

[-] gapa@feddit.nu -1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. I try to keep the number of regular extensions low for security and privacy reasons.

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