A team of academics has created a Chrome extension that can block side-channel attacks that use JavaScript code to leak data from a computer's RAM or CPU. The extension's name is Chrome Zero and is ...

I’m fine with extensions being useful but I get suspicious when they also want the keys to the building.

Chrome extensions were spotted leaking sensitive browser data like API keys, secrets, and tokens via unguarded HTTP transmissions and hardcoded spills. Seemingly harmless Chrome extensions aimed at ...