Reports describe Chrome extensions hijacking searches
Technology · First reported 29 Oct, 15:13 · Updated 15:44
The supplied reports describe Chrome extensions that hijack search activity, including unlisted extensions with more than 13 million installs and a separate report on 319 extensions.
- One report says unlisted Chrome extensions with more than 13 million installs are hijacking search queries.
- Another report says hundreds of Chrome extensions were caught hijacking searches.
- That report focuses on how 319 Chrome extensions carried out the search hijacking.
Summary written by Lux AI from 2 articles
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- Chrome
- Installs cited
- More than 13 million for unlisted extensions
- Extensions cited
- 319 in the How-To Geek report
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