Adobe’s Latest Security Patch Installs Chrome Extension to Collect Data

Re:Adobe’s Latest Security Patch Installs Chrome Extension t... by at-fates-hands on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:12PM (#13395218)

So don't use Chrome?

Maybe Vivladi as an alternative to the main stream browsers:

https://vivaldi.com/?lang=en_US

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Re:Adobe’s Latest Security Patch Installs Chrome Extension t... by ptaipale on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:17PM (#13395257)

No: don't enable the extension in Chrome. Or don't use Acrobat Reader at all.

I hadn't heard of this before the Acrobat Reader security patch was pushed, but my gut reaction when seeing the confirmation dialog for that extension was "hell, no way". Adobe's track record with security is not good.

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Re:Adobe’s Latest Security Patch Installs Chrome Extension t... by minitech on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:58PM (#13395879)

Switch to a web browser that uses the same engine but isn’t open-source? Why?

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