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Chrome’s new security features allow Google to scan what extensions you use

Oct17
by on October 17, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insights


In a move to counteract the spread of browser malware, yesterday Google announced its plans to ramp up its security mechanisms in Chrome to make it easier for users to prevent and recover from unwanted software infections. But good intentions aside, there is one aspect of this implementation that creeps me out: the same measures put in place to protect us are also enabling Google to scan precisely what extensions we download to our browsers and how we use them. The push towards increased antivirus defenses comes only a week after reports broke out that a malicious adblock extension on the…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Chrome’s new security features allow Google to scan what extensions you use

Oct17
by on October 17, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insights


In a move to counteract the spread of browser malware, yesterday Google announced its plans to ramp up its security mechanisms in Chrome to make it easier for users to prevent and recover from unwanted software infections. But good intentions aside, there is one aspect of this implementation that creeps me out: the same measures put in place to protect us are also enabling Google to scan precisely what extensions we download to our browsers and how we use them. The push towards increased antivirus defenses comes only a week after reports broke out that a malicious adblock extension on the…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Google

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