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Google has banned the popular Better History Chrome extension after users complained that it hijacked their browsing sessions.
Looks like it was a money-making scheme. The extension was redirecting users’ HTTP traffic through a proxy service before taking them to their desired destinations, showing them an extra page with ads in 50% of the kidnapped sessions.
Not only did that garner advertising revenue for the extension’s owners; it also allowed them to snoop on users’ web traffic, collecting analytics that could later be sold to online advertisers.
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Google has banned the popular Better History Chrome extension after users complained that it hijacked their browsing sessions.
Looks like it was a money-making scheme. The extension was redirecting users’ HTTP traffic through a proxy service before taking them to their desired destinations, showing them an extra page with ads in 50% of the kidnapped sessions.
Not only did that garner advertising revenue for the extension’s owners; it also allowed them to snoop on users’ web traffic, collecting analytics that could later be sold to online advertisers.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
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