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Wow that's actually quite scary, particularly being able to read security tokens. Does anyone know if this is specific to Chrome or does the same apply to Firefox/Edge extensions? I don't use Chrome any more as it seemed to becoming slower and slower over the last few years.
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Part of the reason this is so widespread is that monetization companies actively contact extension developers to try and partner with them. (1) (2) (3) Google has taken some measures against this over the last year or so, banning obfuscated code in extensions. There is an automated tool that checks for suspicious things and flags extensions for manual review before they can be published but it is not 100% foolproof.