Finally, something useful from Google regarding search hijacking

The number of extensions I’m finding and reporting that silently override users’ search engines is honestly crazy. https://malext.io/?q=SearchJack Hopefully Google’s upcoming Chrome protection against extensions that hijack the default search engine and New Tab page will put a serious dent in this. There are way too many extensions abusing this behavior, often without users even realizing what’s happening. It’s about time Chrome started shutting this down by default. submitted by /u/Huge-Skirt-6990 [link] [comments]Technical Information Security Content & DiscussionRead More