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cm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

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Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?
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    This is fucked up. Dark Reader?

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      Thankfully it seems that this is only for Dark Reader on Edge (not Firefox or Chrome).

      Still worrying to see them integrate this fraudulent service.

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        I think that this may be some duplicate extension trying to generate and take advantage of user confusion between the real Dark Reader extension for Edge and this one.

        Real Dark Reader:

        https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader/ifoakfbpdcdoeenechcleahebpibofpc

        What appears to be the copycat with the malware:

        https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader-–-ultimate-da/lgjebhldhklllbkkbfcfgibifbfcpepa

        I suppose that that potential to impersonate addons is also a security concern, though.

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          Thanks for the clarification!

          The web is unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.

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            Agreed.

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              I agree with your agreeance

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      The firefox list is pretty much entirely overly specific youtube tweaks (that you should be using uBlock or a more fully featured Youtube extension for), “games in sidebar”, and custom cursors. Bonzi buddy and toolbars, anyone?

      Seriously, an NES emulator? As a browser addon? That needs permission to access “your data on all websites”?

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