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How Browser Extensions Can Accidentally Compromise Your Privacy

Summary by Daily Emerald
Browser extensions are add-ons that are installed in a browser to modify its functionality. Due to their success in improving productivity, offering customization, and adding convenience, almost everyone uses them. The only price for these benefits is usually granting broad permissions to the browser. Allowing an external entity to have full access to a browser can bring its share of risks. Whether that’s simply accessing data (which is far more…
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Daily Emerald broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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