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It looks like many free extensions either have malware in them from the start or get sold to malware companies later on, who then deploy the malware via updates:
http://lifehacker.com/many-browser-extensions-have-become-ad...
Similar Chrome extension I wrote using Google Cloud APIs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-vision/nblmo...
No need to use third-party extensions if you have a Google cloud account. You can download https://github.com/kaneshin/pigeon and just run it from command line - protects privacy and more secure compared to relying on third-parties.
Semi related: I would love to see someone do a comparison of the various OCR APIs on speed, accuracy, and cost.
Need this for mobile. Somehow it became a defining characteristic of an "App" to disable text selection.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> All uploaded images and the extracted text are deleted immediately Until they are served with a subpoena for a particular client, or a sweeping subpoena to store everything forever, or the company is sold and the new parent has different values, or the company decides to mine customer data for advertising uses, or there's a bug in the software, or there's a long-lived cache of the data, or it gets into their backup…
It doesn't seem reasonable to blame them for an arbitrary potential future when they're currently doing the right thing.
You mean that we have to place some trust that they are. Some users cannot afford that kind of trust.
What is the business model of free extensions like these? Is it all spyware/malware? It looks like many free extensions either have malware in them from the start or get sold to malware companies later on, who then deploy the malware via updates: http://lifehacker.com/many-browser-extensions-have-become-ad...
What is the business model of free extensions like these? Is it all spyware/malware? It looks like many free extensions either have malware in them from the start or get sold to malware companies later on, who then deploy the malware via updates: http://lifehacker.com/many-browser-extensions-have-become-ad...
Here are archived versions of the URLs mentioned in the issue:
Without "partner extension": http://archive.is/anu2E
With "partner extension": http://archive.is/bp93l
As is evident, what their "partner extension" does is in fact maliciously hijacking and replacing ad-space on websites visited by the user.
Strangely, searching for their name among the issues on GitHub does not show other such results. I guess they usually make contact directly and that the person at that company who filed this issue did not realize it would be visible to the public.
Here is the full text of the issue:
> Adnow is interested in byuiing your extension traffic #1
> Dear Kyong Tsu,
> My name is Anastasia, I am a manager from international advertising network Adnow.
> Extension traffic is a hot trend nowadays, and we are interested in buying traffic from Facebook Video Downloader extension and the others. We are ready to share an idea of monetization extensions with you and give you a method.
> We offer:
> * high payouts
> * 100% fill rate (we buy traffic from all over the world)
> * Integration through JS Tag / XML / JSON feed
> * Integration method
> That's how the page looks without partner extension: https://gyazo.com/5d635a9dc7bdc142e18e6775a1d1340d
> And that's how it looks for user with our plugin/code in extension: https://gyazo.com/a2b48b16d304a3ba37cdf6967fa4d9d8
> Please contact me in case you are interested in monetization your extensions.
> I am looking forward to your answer.
> Thank you in advance.
> Best regards,
> --
> Anastasia Nova
> Sales manager | Adnow LLP
> e.: tasya@sales.adnow.com
> Skype: tasya@adnow.com
[1]: https://github.com/KyongTsu/TabMemorySaver/issues/1
Archived snapshot of above issue: http://archive.is/Z5mJl
What is the business model of free extensions like these? Is it all spyware/malware? It looks like many free extensions either have malware in them from the start or get sold to malware companies later on, who then deploy the malware via updates: http://lifehacker.com/many-browser-extensions-have-become-ad...
Why does everything have to have a business model? Sometimes people like to create things for the sure enjoyment of creating things or they have an itch to scratch and think others might have the same need. Not everything is nefarious.
Is the OCR-extraction performed in the client? if its transferred to a server then people should be aware of this so sensitive data from documents/pdf is not submitted.
Yeah apparently it uses https://ocr.space/ , deal-breaker for me.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> All uploaded images and the extracted text are deleted immediately Until they are served with a subpoena for a particular client, or a sweeping subpoena to store everything forever, or the company is sold and the new parent has different values, or the company decides to mine customer data for advertising uses, or there's a bug in the software, or there's a long-lived cache of the data, or it gets into their backup…
It doesn't seem reasonable to blame them for an arbitrary potential future when they're currently doing the right thing.
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-01-19-playing-chicken-w...