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Google fights spammy extensions with new Chrome Web Store policy

The policies are specifically meant to fight spam, but they outlaw tactics taken by malicious extensions as well, including fake reviews.

Here’s the short version: Google just issued a Chrome update with a note that says, “This update includes 1 critical security fix.”

They were posing as crypto wallets in order to rip off users’ private keys and mnemonic phrases and drain real wallets. Google’s yanked them.

Google’s doing so grudgingly: it still thinks that showing too much will confuse users trying to assess a site’s security.

Heads up, Firefox users who rely on FTP: the browser is eliminating support for this venerable protocol.

It’s the COVID-19 shortage nobody expected – not toilet rolls, tinned goods or headache pills this time but Google software engineers.

Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.

Users looking for a privacy-focused browser might want to consider Brave first, according to a study published this week.

Evidence is emerging that a change made to Chrome 80 might have disrupted the popular data and user profile stealing malware AZORult.

When a bug’s a zero-day that means it’s being actively exploited. So don’t delay, just patch today!