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If you’re like me and millions of other users, you’re a fan of Dark Mode. Maybe you aren’t so much a fan but you spend a lot of time in front of a screen and you’re looking for a break from the countless websites that present glaring bright backgrounds and elements. Whatever your reason, bringing […]
Simplify Gmail v2 is interesting to many users, it would seem. I posted about the service just a few days ago and the interest has been through the roof. That made me feel a tad bit sad, honestly. I’ve been using Simplify Gmail for quite some time and only mentioned it in passing in an […]
So, here were are heading into the third month of 2021, and Chrome OS has exponentially solidified its place in the world of the “new normal.” Thanks, in part, to the global pandemic that caused a massive explosion of work from home employees and remote-learning students, Chrome OS overtook macOS as the second largest operating […]
![[U: Removed] The Great Pretender – One of Chrome’s most popular extensions may have been compromised](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thegreatsuspender-1.jpg)
Update 2/4/21: The Great Suspender has been removed from the Chrome Web Store because of claims listed in this article and is being immediately deactivated for all users! Back in the day when Chrome was (more of) a memory hog, Chrome extensions came to the rescue to help make our browsing experience more manageable and […]
While 2020 has come and thankfully gone, and Chrome extensions have created a lot of problems for users recently, they’re not all bad. Yes, there are bad actors out there, but yes, Google is doing its best to fight against that and protect users. In an effort to point users toward extensions that are worth […]
I’ve been covering Chrome extensions and their many mishaps for quite a while here now. Each time something crazy happens with a developer stealing user data and such, like the 15 cases of this last month, the four last week that Facebook busted, and even the popular tab suspension tool gone rogue, there’s been talk […]
Here we go again – Chrome extension developers scraping user data. Maybe we ought to make this a weekly series. We’ve spoken at length about this and I always try to do my best to bring these things to your attention. Over the past month, we’ve had a very popular extension, along with 15 Facebook […]
We’re all aware by now that Chromebooks can’t get viruses, but you still need to protect your data while you browse. There have been a lot of talks lately about how Chrome extensions have been coming up maliciously in the news, but that’s nothing new. Just before Christmas, 15 such extensions were caught stealing user […]
Malicious extensions in the news again? No way! Well, yes, unfortunately, but you’re probably not at all surprised and you’re certainly not at all happy about it. In February, Google removed over 500 malicious extensions from the Chrome Web Store which were injection ads into millions of Chrome browsing sessions. Back in June, Awake Security […]
With 4 million Chrome extensions downloaded by users daily, it’s clear that we love expanding the functionality of our browser in new ways. What isn’t so great is when we see in the news that a Chrome extension or two has stolen the data of millions and seemingly gotten away with it. Extensions are a […]
No one likes a web page that loads slowly. Developers and designers exhaust hours doing what they can to make sure their sites load quickly so that the overall user experience is a good one. This, of course, benefits the end-user but there’s much more to it than just a happy viewer. Google is constantly […]
Chrome extensions are really the only major security concern for the browser’s users and it seems they’ve run amok for far too long now. While Google did implement new policies for extension developers last year with Project Strobe, it didn’t do much to assuage the situation. The Chrome team is looking to take swift action […]
