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- Facebook is filing a lawsuit against the makers of four Chrome extensions that installed code on users' computers designed to scrape private information.
- The company behind the following extensions goes by Oink and Stuff: Web for Instagram plus DM, Blue Messenger, Emoji keyboard, and Green Messenger.
- If you downloaded any of the extensions above, delete them as soon as possible.
Chrome is the most popular browser on the planet by a wide margin, but thanks to third-party extensions, the Chrome browser on your computer probably doesn't look anything like the one on your neighbor's computer. Personalization is one of the many features that Google's browser offers, but the problem with the Chrome Web Store -- which is where all of the themes and extensions are made available -- is that it isn't nearly secure enough.
An insightful piece from CPO Magazine last month discussed the strides that Google has made in keeping users safe from malicious extensions, but some still sneak through the cracks. Facebook actually made users aware of four such extensions last week by filing a lawsuit against a Portugal business called Oink and Stuff for distributing extensions it claims "were malicious and contained hidden computer code that functioned like spyware."
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If you use any of these Chrome extensions, delete them right now originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 15:54:18 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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