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🎧 Refresh your players, there’s a brand new OMT podcast episode! In this one, @jakearchibald.com and I look at what Luca from Deno recently uncovered: A hidden Chrome extension that comes installed by default in Chrome and it’s derivatives. How bad is it? offthemainthread.tech/episode/chro...

offthemainthread.techChrome’s secretly installed extensions - Off The Main ThreadChrome has hidden extensions pre-installed. How bad is this?

6/8/24, 10:44 am1 repost8 likes

Tobias Fedder

@tfedder.de

7 Aug 2024

Since you wanted to know from all of your three and a half (million? I assume) listeners: I am relieved that the extension turns out to be that innocent, from a technical perspective. I agree with the argument re burning user trust. But as a Firefox fan there wasn't a lot of trust to begin with.