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Comment by Aurornis

Probably compromised extensions or misleading extensions.

It’s common for malware extensions to disguise themselves as something simple and useful to try to trick a large audience into installing them.

That’s why the list includes things like an “Islamic content filter” and “anti-Zionist tagger” as well as “neurodivergent” tools. They look for trending topics and repackage the scraper with a new name. Most people only install extensions but never remove them if they don’t work.

parent Aurornis 7 months ago

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