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I hate silent takeovers so much. Chrome developer extensions are another very popular thing for bad actors to buy out and replace with malware, and it sucks.
I hate silent takeovers so much. Chrome developer extensions are another very popular thing for bad actors to buy out and replace with malware, and it sucks.
As a maintainer of a semi-popular chrome extension[1], I receive so many buy-out offers that I started publicly collecting them[2] for everyone to see. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-zoom%20/pccc... [2] https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670
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Seems like it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29285988
How does that "seem like it"? I don't see anything there that is proof of anything...
The founder of the guilty party is also the founder of the company behind NordVPN. From the article it also seems like the operational practices are similar. Additionally, it is stated by the CEO of the guilty party that operational activities will resume as normal since the suit is only for damages. Assuming that NordVPN operates in a similar way, then a residential proxy service is still on the menu.
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It's been malicious for two and a half years now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25846504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25622015
damn.. what's the TLDR? What is the speculated worst?
What the “speculated worst” is from that depends on your paranoia about such information gathering. Most likely the information was to be fed into various marketing databases.
Obviously the same information could be used for even more nefarious purposes, particularly for users in countries with very monitor-y governments and people whose governments otherwise want human-rights abusing controls over them (women in a number of US states for instance – in fact even if their local legislature is not acting on tjhat sort of information, unpleasant groups active within the state might be).
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How does that "seem like it"? I don't see anything there that is proof of anything...
In an interview with TechRadar Pro, Tom Okman, the co-founder of both Tesonet and Nord Security, answered some questions regarding the relationship between Tesonet, NordVPN, and the plethora of associated online services the companies offer. The founder of the guilty party is also the founder of the company behind NordVPN. From the article it also seems like the operational practices are similar. Additionally, it is…
"WHEREAS, NightOwl app enables Users to share internet traffic by modifying their device’s network settings to be used as a gateway for internet traffic. Additionally, the User’s device acts as a gateway for NightOwl app’s Clients, including companies that specialize in web and market research, SEO, brand protection, content delivery, cybersecurity, etc." Fuck that with a chainsaw. Burn it. Burn it with fire.
it's not a violation of your freedoms and privacy, it's an opportunity!
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I hate silent takeovers so much. Chrome developer extensions are another very popular thing for bad actors to buy out and replace with malware, and it sucks.
As a maintainer of a semi-popular chrome extension[1], I receive so many buy-out offers that I started publicly collecting them[2] for everyone to see. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-zoom%20/pccc... [2] https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670
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As a maintainer of a semi-popular chrome extension[1], I receive so many buy-out offers that I started publicly collecting them[2] for everyone to see. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-zoom%20/pccc... [2] https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670
A Firefox equilivant: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imagus/