Chrome extensions are tampering with security headers

Re:Chrome extensions are tampering with security headers by Barrin92 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @09:17PM (#27284976)

There are plenty of reasonably trustworthy extensions. The logic of "it is a cybersecurity and privacy product, therefore it is the only thing I trust" is kind of terrible. That's if anything a category of products that is full of strange software, see "antivirus" software

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Re:Chrome extensions are tampering with security headers by lmkg on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @09:25PM (#27285031)

GP very much did not say to trust security and privacy products in general. They said to trust two such products in particular, which are well-established and trusted. There are prominent examples within the past few months of "privacy" extensions embedding trackers and monetizing user data.

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Re:Chrome extensions are tampering with security headers by hungryfoolish on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:56AM (#27286883)

No, GP said to only trust these two extensions and no other extensions. While they are entitled to their opinion, IMO that is such ridiculous. There are many many extensions which provide value which don't do shady things.

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Re:Chrome extensions are tampering with security headers by xmprt on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:08PM (#27285332)

Many antivirus products are bordering on malware these days.

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Re:Chrome extensions are tampering with security headers by ttt0 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:06PM (#27285742)

And all the other software is bordering on spyware.

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