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Google Fails to Stop Malicious Extensions from Ending Up in Chrome Web Store, Despite New Policy

11
Sep
2014

Google has been trying to get some more control over the apps that get installed on Chrome because of all the security issues that result from people installing various extensions that haven’t been vetted by Google.

The company has made it mandatory for apps and extensions getting installed on Chrome to also be in the Chrome Web Store. This means that you can download them just fine from various sites, but they’ll work only if they’re also in the Store. Google claims that this is a method for…

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