Almost Half of All Chrome Extensions Are Potentially High-Risk

In a recent study of 1,237 Chrome extensions with a minimum of 1,000 downloads, Incogni researchers found that nearly half ask for permissions that could potentially expose personally identifiable information (PII), distribute adware and malware, or even log everything users do online, including accessing passwords and financial data. Almost half (48.66 percent) of all Chrome […]

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