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@cm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world • 17 days ago

Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

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    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-–-ultimate-da/lgjebhldhklllbkkbfcfgibifbfcpepa

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

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      Thanks for the clarification!

      The web si unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.

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