85% of the chrome applications might steal your data.
No, they don’t really steal the data. It’s just that you’ve given them all kinds of controls to use your data however they want it. Due to the lack of privacy policies and the user’s history tracking techniques, the chrome extension developers are having a really good time scooping out the data.
Yes, Google is the one to be blamed. The company should’ve implemented strict data privacy rules before allowing a developer to upload their application. Duo analyzed 120,000 applications on the store and the result is disturbing indeed.
The extensions are tracking users browsing data, they don’t have a privacy policy which means they can use the data however they want it. There are also other vulnerabilities that totally makes the chrome extension market place an unbelievable unsecure platform.
31.8% of the extensions use libraries that contain publicly known vulnerabilities which could take your data to places. The only best option is to stay away from it or keep the count very minimal. You know never who is using your data or whether the developer is making bad use of it. Fix this Google!
