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Leaky Chrome Extensions with 37M Installs Caught Divulging Your Browsing History
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IT researchers have investigated 32,000 Chrome extensions and caught 287 partially popular apps spying on users.
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ComputerworldLeaky Chrome extensions with 37M installs caught divulging your browsing history
An estimated 37 million worldwide installations of a clutch of leaky Chrome extensions are transmitting users’ browsing histories to external servers. According to findings by an independent security researcher using the pseudonym “Q Continuum,” a total of 287 extensions sent data that closely matched the URLs visited during simulated browsing sessions. “The actors behind the leaks span the spectrum: Similarweb, Curly Doggo, Offidocs, Chinese ac…
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