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Brad LinderGoogle is working on a desktop version of the Chrome web browser for Android, complete with support for extensions installed from the Chrome Web Store. This is unlikely to come to phones and tablets though, and could be aimed at next-gen Chromebooks powered by Android. <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/try-new-chrome-for-android-with-extensions-3569268/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.androidauthority.com/try-new-chrome-for-android-with-extensions-3569268/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WebBrowsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebBrowsers</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BrowserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrowserExtensions</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a>

Francis Mangion (M)Pyrzout (@)jos1264(@)social.skynetcloud.site Google Chrome AI extensions deliver info-stealing malware in broad attack <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/google-chrome-ai-extensions-deliver-info-stealing-malware-in-broad-attack" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/google-chrome-ai-extensions-deliver-info-stealing-malware-in-broad-attack</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browserextensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browserextensions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extension</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bard</a>Malwarebytes Google Chrome AI extensions deliver info-stealing malware in broad attack At least 36 Google Chrome extension<a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264/113799620342990631" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264/113799620342990631</a>

IT NewsChrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon - Enlarge (credit: Ron Amadeo) Google Chrome's long, long projec... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041032" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041032</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googlechromeextensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlechromeextensions</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/browserextensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browserextensions</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chromemanifestv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chromemanifestv3</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googlechrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlechrome</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ublockorigin</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adblockers</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/manifestv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manifestv3</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ublocklite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ublocklite</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chrome</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

ator robotnew <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> time! :neocat_angel:I'm a coding-type, game-developing, language-adjacent nerd.it's easy to see me as a normal and sensible human being; you just need to squint at my posts a little, carefully ignore the time of sending, and imagine messages written by a normal and sensible human being.interested in: game dev, browser add-ons, accessibility. proud web1 advocate. :neocat_laptop:I tried to write a virtue signalling bit, but after managing to reproduce the Our Values section of a company website where the entire board of white cishet males personally state their commitment to diversity, I decided to just go with this:- people deserve love, stability, and appreciation - except the ones who systematically deny it to others - fuck offhonestly? I hope my actions count for so much more. 💜 :potion_pride: :heart_bi: :autism:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDev</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/webDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webDev</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/browserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browserExtensions</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openSource</a>

Brad LinderLilbits: Firefox for Android gets 450 new extensions, Asus ROG Phone 8 leaked, Plasma Mobile 6 previewed <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ar</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AugmentedReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AugmentedReality</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BrillianMonocle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrillianMonocle</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BrilliantLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrilliantLabs</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BrowserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrowserExtensions</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Lilbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lilbits</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Monocle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monocle</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mozilla</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PlasmaMobile6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlasmaMobile6</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RogPhone8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RogPhone8</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WebBrowsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebBrowsers</a><a href="https://liliputing.com/lilbits-firefox-for-android-gets-450-new-extensions-asus-rog-phone-8-leaked-plasma-mobile-6-previewed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://liliputing.com/lilbits-firefox-for-android-gets-450-new-extensions-asus-rog-phone-8-leaked-plasma-mobile-6-previewed/</a>

Brad LinderMozilla says more than 450 new browser extensions are now able to run on Firefox for Android. <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/new-extensions-youll-love-now-available-on-firefox-for-android/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/new-extensions-youll-love-now-available-on-firefox-for-android/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WebBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebBrowser</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BrowserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrowserExtensions</a>

Bob JamiesonMalwarebytes Labs Password-stealing Chrome extension smuggled on to Web StorePosted: September 5, 2023 by Mark StockleyResearchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have demonstrated that Chrome browser extensions can steal passwords from the text input fields in websites, even if the extension is compliant with Chrome's latest security and privacy standard, Manifest V3.<a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/09/password-stealing-chrome-extension-smuggled-on-to-web-store?utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20230911_septemberweeklynewsletter_v2_169413600204&utm_content=chrome_extensions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/09/password-stealing-chrome-extension-smuggled-on-to-web-store?utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20230911_septemberweeklynewsletter_v2_169413600204&utm_content=chrome_extensions</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PasswordCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PasswordCollecting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrowserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrowserExtensions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malware</a>

Kyle NazarioAre you developing a browser extension? Try WebExtensionTemplate, a ready-to-fork project for writing cross-browser extensions in TypeScript and Svelte <a href="https://github.com/kyle-n/WebExtensionTemplate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/kyle-n/WebExtensionTemplate</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebDev</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WebExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebExtensions</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrome</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Safari</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/iOSDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iOSDev</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BrowserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrowserExtensions</a>

Kevin C. TofelHere's what's going on in the world of extensions“The past year introduced some exciting new changes to the extensions world. The majority of these changes are foundational and take place in the deeply technical back-end of the system, typically out of sight of most <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> users.” <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mozilla</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browser</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/browserextensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browserextensions</a><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/extensions-addons/heres-whats-going-on-in-the-world-of-extensions/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/extensions-addons/heres-whats-going-on-in-the-world-of-extensions/</a>

Brad LinderGoogle postpones (but doesn't cancel) plans to end support for browser extensions based on the Manifest V2 platform after plugin developers complain that V3 doesn't have all the features they need. Ad blocker extension devs have been particularly vocal. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23506988/google-chrome-manifest-v3-v2-transition-ad-blocking-web-request-declarative-net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23506988/google-chrome-manifest-v3-v2-transition-ad-blocking-web-request-declarative-net</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WebBrowsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebBrowsers</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BrowserExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrowserExtensions</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ManifestV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManifestV2</a>

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