Chrome VPN Extension with 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit

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azalemeth · 26m ago

Behind! The online safety act makes netziens safer again!

ElijahLynn · 34m ago

This needs to be reported to Chromestore, en masse.

bix6 · 2h ago

How are people validating extensions these days? Obviously you can run none but if you want to use one is there an easy way to verify it?

loa_in_ · 47m ago

The source is part of the package, at worst minified, obfuscated, pulling code from external sources. You can inspect it yourself by unpacking the extension installation package and browsing the JavaScript.

bix6 · 39m ago

So what you read every line of JavaScript? Or you have some tool for that? I personally can’t imagine catching every potential issue, especially something sneaky, from source.

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Chrome VPN Extension with 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit

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