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7 signs that a Chrome extension is doing more than it should

I’m fine with extensions being useful but I get suspicious when they also want the keys to the building.
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Chrome Extension Compromises Highlight Software Supply Challenges

On Christmas Eve, developers at data detection and response firm Cyberhaven received a troubling email that seemed to come from Google, threatening to remove access to the company's Chrome extension ...
CNET

Chrome extensions soon only available from Google’s website

If you want to install Chrome extensions, Google’s Chrome Web Store soon will be the only place to get them. To try to squelch the problems, Google is removing an ability called “inline installation,” ...
The Next Web

Bloom Security’s Extension Resurrection research exposes a blind spot in developer security

Bloom Security found that 677 VS Code Marketplace extension packs and 94 Open VSX packs contained references to extensions that did not exist, creating a supply-chain attack path through trusted ...
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I’m convinced that Ableton’s extensions are going to change how music-makers use Live forever

Ableton has launched the public beta of the Extensions Software Development Kit (SDK), an “experimental playground” and JavaScript toolkit that can be used to develop Extensions, customized tools, ...
CNET

Chrome extensions draw near, but advanced HTML 5 features recede

Now's the time to start trying to build Chrome extensions, Google says. But some sophisticated Web page features coming with HTML 5 will have to wait longer. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer ...
Nextgov

How software reuse and extension can accelerate digital transformation for agencies

Software reuse is a decades-old concept that’s finding new relevance today for public sector organizations pursuing digital transformation (DX). While the notion of re-purposing existing software in ...