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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months ago

Popular Chrome Extension to Hide YouTube Shorts Turned Malicious

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Popular Chrome Extension to Hide YouTube Shorts Turned Malicious

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months ago

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A Chrome extension titled "Hide YouTube Shorts," used by 100,000 people, was discovered to secretly collect users' browser activity.

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You can just uBlock the thing on the front page.

If your browser recently tried killing uBlock - switch.

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