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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://infosec.exchange/users/WPalant/statuses/113795479140992089">Yellow Flag (wpalant@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:12:42 JST</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@WPalant" title="wpalant@infosec.exchange"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/164735-48-20240312102813.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Yellow Flag" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Yellow Flag</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>My research on how Chrome extensions spam Chrome Web Store search with irrelevant keywords has been picked up by <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin">@dangoodin</a>: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/googles-chrome-web-store-has-a-serious-spam-problem-promoting-shady-extensions/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/googles-chrome-web-store-has-a-serious-spam-problem-promoting-shady-extensions/</a></p><p>The article quotes me towards the end, something that is worth repeating:</p><p>“It wasn’t that hard to notice, and they have better access to the data than me. So either Google isn’t looking or they don’t care.”</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cws" rel="tag">#cws</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChromeWebStore" rel="tag">#ChromeWebStore</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/google" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChromeExtensions" rel="tag">#ChromeExtensions</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spam" rel="tag">#spam</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4338319#notice-8481647">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-09T09:12:42+09:00" title="Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:12:42 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@WPalant/113795479140992089" rel="external" title="Sent from infosec.exchange via ActivityPub">infosec.exchange</a></span></span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@WPalant/113795479140992089">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3871890">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Yellow Flag (wpalant@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:12:42 JSTYellow Flag
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My research on how Chrome extensions spam Chrome Web Store search with irrelevant keywords has been picked up by @dangoodin: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/googles-chrome-web-store-has-a-serious-spam-problem-promoting-shady-extensions/
The article quotes me towards the end, something that is worth repeating:
“It wasn’t that hard to notice, and they have better access to the data than me. So either Google isn’t looking or they don’t care.”
#cws #ChromeWebStore #google #ChromeExtensions #spam
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