Chrome’s secretly installed extensions

Update: 2024-08-06

Description

Luca found a hidden Chrome extension that is installed by default in Chrome and most Chromium derivatives. Surma and Jake dig into what this extensions does and how reasonable it is to get angry about it.

Resources:

Luca’s original tweet thread
The extension’s source code
Discussion on blink-dev
The original PR that introduced the extension
Brendan Eich’s response
Brave PR disabling the extension

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Chrome’s secretly installed extensions

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Chrome’s secretly installed extensions

Chrome’s secretly installed extensions