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Off Topic / "Stylish" browser extension steals your Internet history
« on: July 03, 2018, 02:14:22 AM »
Nobody had posted this yet and since I originally installed the Stylish browser add-on because of custom Blockland Forums styles and I know people here have used the add-on I figured I should let people know that the extension is now spyware.
https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/02/stylish-browser-extension-steals-your-internet-history/
This is the extension.
Here are some Blockland Forums styles released on Userstyles.org that Stylish uses: https://userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=blockland%20forums
An alternative extension "Stylus".
https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/02/stylish-browser-extension-steals-your-internet-history/
Quote from: Robert Heaton
Unfortunately, since January 2017, Stylish has been augmented with bonus spyware that records every single website that I and its 2 million other users visit. Stylish sends our complete browsing activity back to its servers, together with a unique identifier. This allows it’s new owner, SimilarWeb, to connect all of an individual’s actions into a single profile.
This is the extension.
- Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/
- Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish-custom-themes-for/fjnbnpbmkenffdnngjfgmeleoegfcffe
Here are some Blockland Forums styles released on Userstyles.org that Stylish uses: https://userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=blockland%20forums
An alternative extension "Stylus".