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Your search engine could be hijacked by a Chrome extension that barely does anything

1 source1 article First seen 15 hours ago Updated 15 hours ago United States Truth score 38

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Summary

A simple Chrome setting is all some extensions need to hijack your searches. Learn how the scheme works and how to check your browser.

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Who is covering this

Digitaltrends Center Factuality: Mostly factual US 15 hours ago
Your search engine could be hijacked by a Chrome extension that barely does anything
A simple Chrome setting is all some extensions need to hijack your searches. Learn how the scheme works and how to check your browser.

Truth score

38/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 65/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

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C 100%

Left: 0
Centre: 1
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 65/100 (Mostly factual)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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United States1