Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs

Make Sure You Haven't Gotten Caught By These Sketchy Chrome Extensions

#ArsTechna #Chrome #Extensions #TrojanExtensions #ComputerSecurity

Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs

Even weirder: Why would Google give so many the “Featured” stamp for trustworthiness?

^{Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)}

Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers' gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/goog…

#Chromium #Chrome #Google #TheLinuxFoundation #OpenSource

Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers'

Google together with The Linux Foundation have announced Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers, a new initiative to fund future development of the entire Chromium ecosystem.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

+1 reason why you must stop using Chrome and, if possible, Chromium browsers

(Upd: link to a post in Fediverse with tech details fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/…)

(Upd 2: MS Edge seems to have this issue; #Vivaldi also has it but it can be disabled; Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have it at all)

#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox #Google #BigTech

Simon Willison

2024-07-09 17:54:05

It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

You can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page:

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
"nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome",
{ method: "cpu.getInfo" },
(response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
},
);

More notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/h…

hangout_services/thunk.js

It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the `*.google.com` domains - tweeted about today [by Luca Casonato](https://twitter.

^{simonwillison.net}

Todo lo que siempre quisiste saber sobre #Chrome pero nunca te has animado a preguntar ‼️

No te pierdas el comic web #ContraChorme de Scott MCloud
sobre cómo el navegador de #Google se convirtió en una amenaza para la #privacidad y para la #democracia

¡Está disponible en varios idiomas!

➡️contrachrome.com/comic/946/

Brave vs. Chrome: What's better?

itsfoss.com/brave-vs-chrome/

#Brave #Chrome

Brave vs. Google Chrome: Which is the better browser for you?

Comparing two super popular web browsers. What should you pick? What are the differences? Here, we discuss the good and the ugly.

^{It's FOSS}