cm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 2 months agoBrowser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping botsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.mlfirefox@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.ionews@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showtechnology@lemmy.zippulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkBrowser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping botsarstechnica.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square15linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.mlfirefox@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.ionews@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showtechnology@lemmy.zippulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoI 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.
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 months agoThanks for the clarification! The web is unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI agree with your agreeance
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.
Thanks for the clarification!
The web is unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.
Agreed.
I agree with your agreeance