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Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.world

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is fucked up. Dark Reader?

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully it seems that this is only for Dark Reader on Edge (not Firefox or Chrome).

Still worrying to see them integrate this fraudulent service.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think that this may be some duplicate extension trying to generate and take advantage of user confusion between the real Dark Reader extension for Edge and this one.

Real Dark Reader:

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader/ifoakfbpdcdoeenechcleahebpibofpc

What appears to be the copycat with the malware:

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader-%E2%80%93-ultimate-da/lgjebhldhklllbkkbfcfgibifbfcpepa

I suppose that that potential to impersonate addons is also a security concern, though.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification!

The web is unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Agreed.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I agree with your agreeance

[–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The firefox list is pretty much entirely overly specific youtube tweaks (that you should be using uBlock or a more fully featured Youtube extension for), "games in sidebar", and custom cursors. Bonzi buddy and toolbars, anyone?

Seriously, an NES emulator? As a browser addon? That needs permission to access "your data on all websites"?