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Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots (arstechnica.com)
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Link to the list of extensions at the end of the article

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[+] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I use the inbuild Dark Mode in Vivaldi (on/off with shortcut, wors even in intern pages and menus) and none of the extensions from the list, most extensions from the Store anyway are redundant in Vivaldi translation, reader mode, tabs, feeds, ad/tracker blocker..........)

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    • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    It's disheartening seeing screen readers on this list. That seems predatory.

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    [–] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The list;

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT1XgBs25gRlg5e3nYCAff967WMtZZTO-TB3rR9zszaJpTpCVFg8j7FkBxnHb3tw3aHGjKBGSxYyLgV/pubhtml

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'll save everybody a click because it's what we all want to know. "Dog Facts Unlimited" extension is on the list.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dark Reader is on the list :(

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    • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Damn now how am I gonna live without "Change my cursor to Sims 4"?

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Definitely read the original SecureAnnex article as well. The behavior of this software and the people behind it are damning.

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I used Youtube unhook in the past but before the AI craze so I'm probably good.

    I know a lot of people use Dark Reader so that's gotta hurt.

    Other than that I think I'm safe.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I see Dark Reader for Edge but not Firefox. Are they the same extension?

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