Google yet to take down screenshotgrabbing Chrome VPN extension

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News Summary

  • Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One.
  • The extension appears to have begun snaffling screenshots of users' page activity and transmitting them to a remote server without their knowledge.
  • Google has yet to take the extension down, and it remained active and available for download at the time of publication.
  • The developer of Free VPN.one insisted that the extension "is fully compliant with Chrome Web Store policies, and any screenshot functionality is disclosed in our privacy policy"
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 [+4056 chars]

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