Data Leak Warning Issued To Millions Of Google Chrome And Firefox Users

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Google Chrome and Firefox users are likely to use extensions such as ad blockers to help make their browsing more convenient and secure. But these aren’t always safe, as an independent security researcher can testify: He discovered eight browser extensions used by around 4 million Firefox and Chrome users were harvesting data.
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@dotdot the extensions identified can be found here dataspii.com for anyone interested. None of them are common adblockers or privacy oriented extensions.

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