Chrome's secretly installed extensions

Episode 9 of the Off The Main Thread podcast, hosted by Jake Archibald, Surma, titled "Chrome's secretly installed extensions" was published on August 6, 2024 and runs 29 minutes.

August 6, 2024 ·29m · Off The Main Thread

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Episode Description

Luca found a hidden Chrome extension that is installed by default in Chrome and most Chromium derivatives. Surma and Jake dig into what this extensions does and how reasonable it is to get angry about it.

Resources:

Luca's original tweet thread
The extension's source code
Discussion on blink-dev
The original PR that introduced the extension
Brendan Eich's response
Brave PR disabling the extension

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