Hundreds of popular add‑ons used encrypted, URL‑sized payloads to send search queries, referrers, and timestamps to outside servers, in some cases tied to data brokers and unknown operators.

The latest update to Google Chrome history now shows if a site was visited via a third-party app. The small change gives users a bit of extra insight into their browsing history and habits. It’s easy ...

Add-ons with 37M installs leak visited URLs to 30+ recipients, researcher says They know where you've been and they're going ...

You’re neck deep in a research project but the finish line is in sight. You hit the close button on your browser. It vanishes and takes the dozens of tabs you had ...

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