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Chrome VPN Extension with 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit

https://cyberinsider.com/chrome-vpn-extension-with-100k-installs-screenshots-all-sites-users-visit/
28•theapache64•5h ago

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bix6•5h ago
How are people validating extensions these days? Obviously you can run none but if you want to use one is there an easy way to verify it?
loa_in_•3h ago
The source is part of the package, at worst minified, obfuscated, pulling code from external sources. You can inspect it yourself by unpacking the extension installation package and browsing the JavaScript.
bix6•3h ago
So what you read every line of JavaScript? Or you have some tool for that? I personally can’t imagine catching every potential issue, especially something sneaky, from source.
rKarpinski•1h ago
> is there an easy way to verify it?

No, because they don't enforce their rules against obfuscation.

Even if there was it wouldn't help you - extensions regularly get sold to scammers who can push whatever update they want. I documented an extension with a few hundred thousand install base, that got sold and turned into malware. Overnight went from tens of lines of code un obfuscated to 10k+ lines obfuscated. Then they flooded the extensions review pages with fake reviews to burry complaints. I got a ticket open thru a contact which to Google's credit they investigated but they decided it wasn't violating enough policies to take any action.

ElijahLynn•3h ago
This needs to be reported to Chromestore, en masse.
rs186•50m ago
And Google will do nothing about it.
azalemeth•3h ago
Behind! The online safety act makes netziens safer again!

Treated vegetable oils to green Singapore's data centres

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/esg/microsoft-rolls-royce-power-systems-push-treated-vegetable-o...
1•kelt•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI-powered video analysis tool that generates 800 word content prompts

https://video2prompt.org
1•reverseCh•5m ago•0 comments

Trunk: Our Choice for Linting TF Code

https://newsletter.masterpoint.io/p/trunk-our-choice-for-linting-tf-code
1•mooreds•7m ago•0 comments

Localhost: Peter Whidden's Interactive Ecosystem Simulation: Mote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju0H3NHxVI
1•bane•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open-Source] Deep Research Assistant Built Solely for Gemini API

https://github.com/zyakita/gemini-deep-research-oss
1•zyakita•9m ago•0 comments

Code Surgery: How AI Assistants Make Precise Edits to Your Files

https://fabianhertwig.com/blog/coding-assistants-file-edits/
1•faangguyindia•11m ago•0 comments

Gates Foundation Cuts Ties with Firm Linked to Democrats

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/gates-foundation-democrats-arabella-advisors.html
1•reaperducer•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Multi-Scene Full 3D Context from CCTV

https://customer-ch4p4zaety6us2rk.cloudflarestream.com/3a75994ec7897b7f72690c1c21845da9/iframe?po...
3•teocalin37•25m ago•0 comments

The National Design Studio Is a Scam

https://www.chrbutler.com/the-national-design-studio-is-a-scam
16•delaugust•25m ago•1 comments

Uncertain⟨T⟩

https://nshipster.com/uncertainty/
2•thunderbong•25m ago•0 comments

Music to Break Models By

https://matthodges.com/posts/2025-08-26-music-to-break-models-by/
1•Bogdanp•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Paletra – Build WCAG ready color palettes and test them on components

https://www.paletra.cc/app
1•mazahermuraj•30m ago•1 comments

Glow-in-the-dark succulents are here

https://www.popsci.com/science/glow-in-the-dark-plants-succulents/
3•geox•33m ago•0 comments

Parrallel String Matching on CUDA

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9629415
1•cwmoore•33m ago•1 comments

BookPlotter – AI-Powered Book Summaries and Recommendations

https://bookplotter.com/
1•bookplotter•34m ago•1 comments

Marisa Trie – Static memory-efficient Trie-like structure

https://github.com/pytries/marisa-trie
2•vismit2000•44m ago•0 comments

Dinosaur-eating 'hypercarnivore' discovered in Argentina

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/kostensuchus-atrox-argentina
1•wslh•45m ago•0 comments

Uni Kuru Toga Roulette Model Mechanical Pencil Review (2023)

https://www.architecturelab.net/uni-kuru-toga-roulette-model-mechanical-pencil/
1•wslh•49m ago•0 comments

From medieval stronghold to cyber fortress: Shielding Europe's digital future

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-medieval-stronghold-cyber-fortress-shielding.html
1•PaulHoule•58m ago•0 comments

As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/arts/television/american-experience.html
7•ripe•1h ago•1 comments

Microsoft's employee protests have reached a boiling point

https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/766683/microsoft-employee-protests-boiling-...
3•roldie•1h ago•3 comments

Codex IDE Extension

https://developers.openai.com/codex/ide/
1•_mu•1h ago•0 comments

LF Networking Announces Essedum Release 1.0

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/lf-networking-announces-essedum-release-1.0-delivering-core...
1•wicket•1h ago•0 comments

Census Bureau Data

https://data.census.gov/
1•jonbaer•1h ago•0 comments

World's Tallest bridge completes key load-bearing test [video]

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5y3rrvl3r2o
1•thunderbong•1h ago•3 comments

Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0329411
4•gnabgib•1h ago•1 comments

Beyond Benchmark Maxxing: Measuring Open Source Models as Real-World Agents

https://www.ultravox.ai/blog/beyond-benchmark-maxxing-measuring-open-source-models-as-real-world-...
1•zkoch•1h ago•0 comments

Retrieval Embedding Benchmark (RTEB)

https://huggingface.co/spaces/embedding-benchmark/RTEB
1•fzliu•1h ago•0 comments

Armtrak: Multiplayer space shooting game with images and music

https://github.com/madprops/armtrak
1•Toby1VC•1h ago•0 comments

Trump hits India with punishing 50% tariffs for buying Russian oil

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/trumps-tariffs-india-rise-50-punishment-buying-russian-oil-rc...
8•delichon•1h ago•3 comments