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One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Meanwhile, he’s still sailing around the Mediterrane

One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Meanwhile, he’s still sailing around the Mediterranean on his yacht with his family… This is exactly the kind of thing people are worried about.

lapcat 4y ago
> One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Which extension? Was this in the news? There aren't actually that many really big extensions.
- withinboredom 4y ago
  I’ve been asked not to share the name. It wasn’t a big extension though, only a few million installs. FWIW, they put it up for sale as a lark, not intending to actually sell it, on some business sales/acquisitions/mergers site and got more than their asking price.
  - lapcat 4y ago
    > I’ve been asked not to share the name. Asked by whom? Your (hopefully former?) friend who sold out millions of people for malware? Are those millions of people aware that they were infected with malware? Not sure how this can be a secret. > It wasn’t a big extension though, only a few million installs. That's big! Apparently there are only 300some Chrome extensions with over a million users. https://www.debugbear.com/blog/counting-chrome-extensions https://www.debugbear.com/blog/counting-chrome-extensions My user base is orders of magnitude less, so I wouldn't worry about my selling out for $millions.