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From the first line: > Researchers have uncovered four malicious extensions with more than 500,000 combined downloads from the Google Chrome Web Store... The w
by siruncledrew 9y ago
From the first line:
> Researchers have uncovered four malicious extensions with more than 500,000 combined downloads from the Google Chrome Web Store...
The word "combined" vs. the article title creates a perceived difference in severity, thinking there are multiple popular extensions with 500k downloads, when in reality 4 extensions total to 500k (so 125k downloads average each). The title makes it sound like millions of downloads are potentially infected, when it's actually a factor of 10 fewer. A bit misleading...
Still, grateful for the work of the security researchers who found the malicious extensions.