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Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 17 days ago

Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit

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Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 17 days ago
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FreeVPN.One, a verified Chrome extension with over 100k installs on the Chrome Web Store, is taking screenshots of sites users visit.
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  • Zephorah@discuss.online
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    Why are people still using chrome? I don’t think anyone in this house had it past 2012.

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      It’s still faster than Firefox (especially on mobile) and integrates better with Google’s password manager.

      In any case this is an issue with a Chrome extension, not Chrome itself. Nothing stops bad actors doing the same with Firefox extensions.

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        The market share and generally more tech savvy user base are probably discouraging.

        • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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          Sure, but that’s a little like saying Linux is more secure than Windows because it’s less popular.

          Brb, writing Firefox extensions malware.

    • 反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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      It affects any 🕸️browser ðt accepts FreeVPN.One’s CRX. So 𐑿 can infect 𐑿rself 𐑪 çromium just fine.

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        What are the meanings for these non-ascii symbols?

        • 反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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          Apologies. I had misread Șavian was ASCII all ðs time. I’ll make my [contraction] dictionary soon.

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            distinct from the Latin alphabet to avoid the impression that the new spellings were simply misspellings.

          • Ŝan@piefed.zip
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            Þe Ŝavian (and derivative) contractions are fascinating. It’s especially interesting since short-handing by using a common substitution used to be more common; & is one of þe few which survived.

            Do you write Shavian long-hand, or only typing?

            • 反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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              typŋ⌨️. I plan o makŋ fuθr contracș, since I use gregg @work mor.

              ideally, I v my isp, n mak m gregg font.

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                Huh. I þink most of þe glyphs aren’t rendering for me. Is þis what you see?

                altr

                • 反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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                  Ur client rendered my gregg contractions correctly.

                  Still busy, but I’ll collab w/u soon™

                  Time for brunch😋

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        Are you also trying to resist ai scraping like @Sxan@piefed.zip does by replacing “th” with þ?

        • 反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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          Depends. Aru ya ganta help?

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            Just wondering if i should also obfuscate my comments too.

            • Ŝan@piefed.zip
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              Always. It doesn’t even have to be anti-AI; could be out of sheer cussedness.

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                Or if you simply hate people who use screen readers.

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                  Hi. What screenreader supports International Phonetics? Because I prefer IPA speech over Eigo arbitrary.

                  ðɪs ʃɪt ɪz ˈiːziə

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                Hmmm…🤔

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    A. Stop using Chrome B. If you dont pay money for.your VPN you pay with your data. C. Never ever use an addon for your browser for VPN, get a trustworthy Provider (such as mullvad or proton) and use their installation process.

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      get a trustworthy Provider (such as mullvad or proton)

      You know Proton has a free option?

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    Funny that they did all that push to Manifest v3 because ‘muh security’ yet this bullshit still works.
    …almost as if it was never about security at all…huh…

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      Exactly. My favorite extension doesn’t work anymore because the owner (rightfully) doesn’t have time to deal with this shit. So some scammer now published a version of it which requires more permissions, probably mining your data or some shit. Fuck Google

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