The Chrome extensions you use every day could be hiding an unfortunate secret

With Google's recent flagging of the popular Save as Image Type Chrome extension, now is a good time to take stock of all ...
CNET

Chrome extensions soon only available from Google's website

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Google's oversight on its web store let malware run unchecked for 1 year

Google just disabled a popular extension (Save image as Type) and removed it from the Chrome web store because it contains ...
9to5google

Chrome extensions will soon require Chrome Web Store distribution for all Mac & Windows users

Back in May of last year, Google started enforcing a policy that requires Chrome extensions be hosted on its Chrome Web Store, but only on Windows. The goal was to ...