108 more Chrome extensions found to be injecting ads and harvesting data

https://www.androidpolice.com/over-100-chrome-extensions-found-to-be-stealing-data-and-injecting-ads/

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Kissaki@programming.dev · 2 pts · 117d

54 extensions steal Google account identity via OAuth2

It's embarrassing the Chrome extension store/infrastructure does not catch these

Specter@piefed.social · 1 pts · 117d

Scientists reveal the sun will rise tomorrow morning. More news at 11.

ghodawalaaman@programming.dev · 1 pts · 117d (1 reply)
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AdminBot@programming.dev · 1 pts · 73d
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Kissaki@programming.dev · 1 pts · 117d

I wonder what upsides those "web client" extensions bring for platforms you could just open "clients" as websites for (telegram, tiktok listed). Not need to install an extension.