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fromTechzine Global
1 week ago

AI conversations of 8 million users leaked via browser extensions

Browser extensions that promise privacy are found to be selling AI conversations from millions of users. Security researchers at Koi Security discovered that popular VPN and ad blocker extensions are secretly intercepting all conversations with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini and reselling them to data brokers. Security researcher Idan Dardikman discovered the problem after wondering if anyone could read his private conversations with AI assistants.
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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

Popular Chromium extensions intercept and transmit users' full AI-chat conversations to third-party endpoints for marketing and data-broker use.
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fromTheregister
1 week ago

Chrome, Edge privacy extensions quietly snarf AI chats

Four popular browser extensions covertly harvested chatbot conversation text from over eight million users by injecting scripts that intercept and exfiltrate AI chat data.
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fromTheregister
4 weeks ago

Browser extensions pushed malware to 4.3M Chrome, Edge users

A seven-year campaign used trusted Chrome and Edge extensions to deploy backdoors and spyware to 4.3 million users, exfiltrating data to servers in China.
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fromThe Hacker News
4 weeks ago

ShadyPanda Turns Popular Browser Extensions with 4.3 Million Installs Into Spyware

ShadyPanda operated a seven-year browser extension campaign that amassed over 4.3 million installs and escalated to remote code execution, data exfiltration, and affiliate fraud.
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fromZacks
1 month ago

Pardon Our Interruption

Enable cookies and JavaScript, disable blocking plugins, and avoid excessively fast automated browsing to prevent being mistaken for a bot.
fromPCMAG
2 months ago

The Best Ad Blockers We've Tested for 2025

For years, tech behemoth Google threatened to crack down on browser extension activity within its Chrome browser to improve security. Now, the company is making good on its threats and disabling browser extensions that don't comply with Manifest V3, its browser extension framework. Security experts, such as those at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), argue that Manifest V3 is not a viable solution for addressing real security concerns, including browser extensions that scrape users' browsing histories and sell the data to the highest bidder.
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fromSlashGear
2 months ago

6 Reasons You Need An Ad Blocker (And It's Not Just For Ads) - SlashGear

Ad blockers remove ads and also improve readability, reduce distractions, and streamline browsing by cutting connections to ad-distribution domains.
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