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are chrome extensions in the Chrome store generally safe?

Should I ever be worried about installing any chrome extension from the Chrome store? A lot of the Chrome extensions I have, have the permission "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit" - now that sounds fairly open ended permission…
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Understanding a vulnerability

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=68439 I am having a little bit of trouble understanding this report. From what i have read, it appears as though removing certain dom nodes triggers a tab crash within chrome. When removing…
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Strange login in Chrome

I work from home in a company laptop. It has installed this software by the IT team: http://www.misutilities.com/network-asset-tracker-pro/ My main browser is FF and I use Chrome only to test my work. I can tell for sure nobody logged in on it…
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Chrome reports on other browsers running

I was playing around with Chrome and typed the following in the address bar: chrome://memory-redirect And saw the note: "If other browsers (e.g. IE, Firefox, Safari) are running, I'll show you their memory details here." After I saw the note,…
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Bots learn about a new web site as soon as I open it in Chrome. How do I look for leaks?

I am a customer of a cloud hosting provider (Cloudways). I create a new web site which gets a new automatically generated subdomain (like https://phpstack-xxxx-yyyy.cloudwaysapps.com/). I use Chrome on Windows 10 to set up the site. Within minutes…
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Can a website on Google Chrome know whether the user actively using the computer?

If I have opened a website in Google Chrome on Windows 10 and it runs in the background, can it spy to see whether I'm actively interacting my computer or the computer runs without any user interaction?
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Using outdated Chrome 32-bit

Somewhat irrelevant, but still: Due to economical limits I am on a rather old PC. One of the issues is that it is 32-bit. I was using FireFox for a long time, but due to memory usage I finally went over to Google-Chrome. After years using this it…
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Strange file from YouTube

I was watching the video linked below and every time I refresh the page, a file named f.txt is downloaded that contains the following text. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enbTb8PizTI Text: document.write('\x3cscript…
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Chrome extension sends browsing information

When visiting a url in Chrome, I saw in Fiddler, after the responses, calls to: http://api29.datarating.com/related http://api29.datarating.com/service2 For example after going to http://www.google.com I have this in Fiddler:…
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When I disable an installed extension in Chrome, will it still try to connect to the internet?

I have an extension in Chrome, called Daxab ultimate, that I use, because on certain adult sites it lets me stream the video in 1080p and without the extension its 720p. So, if I turn on the extension, that is, if I enable the extension only while I…
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Can the receiver of a saved wepbage I shared on chrome to Whatsapp access my mail

So I shared a webpage I wanted to print to a printshop via WhatsApp. When the operator opened the file, I could see my email and my name displayed on the print shops PC almost as if they have my email logged in. How's that possible since I never…
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DevTool requests full access to YOURPATH, make sure that you do not expose any sensitive information dialog

I came across this warning message in chrome after I executed a command in the browser inspector, and realised this question had been asked on stackoverflow here but the answers do not contain so much information. DevTool requests full access to…
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Vulnerability scanners reporting Google Chrome vulns even when it is not Installed

I have a machine which does not have Google chrome installed but when I try to scan it using Nexpose and Retina all the Chrome related vulnerabilities are listed in the report and it shows it as vulnerable. Has anyone else faced this issue? Am I…
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How secure are old versions of Chrome?

I realise the generic nature of this post and I apologise in advance. Let's say for instance we were on v58, what resources are out there to "prove our point" that it's insecure and we should upgrade?
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How do I block Chrome extensions from making network requests unless whitelisted?

I see extensions such as uMatrix that allow you to whitelist requests for URL patterns. How can I have the same functionality but, instead of for websites I visit, for Chrome extensions I have installed?
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