![]() “When Avast Online Security extension is active, it will request information about your visited websites from an Avast server. You can read more about Palant’s overall findings here, but here’s a snippet of his findings: ![]() So for existing users these extensions will still be active and continue spying on the users.” Mozilla didn’t blacklist the extensions however, stating that they are still talking to Avast. Mozilla immediately disabled the extension listings, so that these extensions can no longer be found on the Mozilla Add-ons site. So yesterday I reported these four extensions to Mozilla and Google. “Spying on your users is clearly a violation of the terms that both Google and Mozilla make extension developers sign. That’s exactly the issue Mozilla is raising with four seemingly “good” extensions- Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, and AVG SafePrice-and you should uninstall them from your browser until they’ve been fixed, at minimum.Īs ZDNet reports, Mozilla removed these four extensions from its online gallery following reports from AdBlock Plus’ creator, Wladimir Palant, that the extensions were collecting more data than they should. We always recommend keeping your extension list light, because you never know when something might try to siphon data from your browser-especially more data than it should be able to access.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |