Article 6ZFA3 Google yet to take down 'screenshot-grabbing' Chrome VPN extension

Google yet to take down 'screenshot-grabbing' Chrome VPN extension

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Story ImageResearcher claims extension didn't start out by exfiltrating info... while dev says its actions are 'compliant'

Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently appears to have begun snaffling screenshots of users' page activity and transmitting them to a remote server without their knowledge - and Google has yet to take it down....

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