3 ms·
This is not new. In fact, I'd estimate 20% of all popular plugins know all the websites you're visited, Google searches you're doing, etc: https://www.howtogeek
by AznHisoka 9y ago
This is not new. In fact, I'd estimate 20% of all popular plugins know all the websites you're visited, Google searches you're doing, etc: https://www.howtogeek.com/180175/warning-your-browser-extensions-are-spying-on-you/ https://www.howtogeek.com/180175/warning-your-browser-extens...
It's how SimilarWeb and other clickstream companies get their data. They claim it's harmless, but they have the ability to know everything you've inputted, and all the secure URL's you've visited (aka that intranet page with all your company salaries or passwords that you think nobody on the web knows about)
- zulln 9y ago"Chrome Extensions - AKA Total Absence of Privacy" Detectify's blog post about the subject, mentions Similar web as well. https://labs.detectify.com/2015/11/19/chrome-extensions-aka-total-absence-of-privacy/ https://labs.detectify.com/2015/11/19/chrome-extensions-aka-...