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Facebook Suing Chrome Extension Makers For Spying On Users
January 19, 2021
Facebook is suing the makers of four Chrome extensions, claiming the extensions are used to spy on users.
Facebook, Inc. and Facebook Ireland filed a lawsuit againts two people behind the Portuguese business “Oink and Stuff.” Facebook alleges that the individuals have created four Chrome extensions that scrape information from a user’s Facebook profile, as well as from the information stored in their browser unrelated to Facebook. To make matters worse, the extensions’ privacy policy specifically claims the software doesn’t collect any personal information.
The extensions in question are Web for Instagram plus DM, Blue Messenger, Emoji keyboard and Green Messenger. Jessica Romero, Director of Platform Enforcement and Litigation, described the information being scraped:
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Facebook and its Irish subsidiary on Thursday announced the filing of a lawsuit in Portugal against two people for allegedly scraping Facebook profile data and other browser info using malicious Chrome extensions. Using the business name Oink And Stuff, the defendants developed browser extensions and made them available on the Chrome store, said Jessica Romero, director of platform enforcement and litigation for Facebook, in a blog post. They misled users into installing the extensions with a privacy policy that claimed they did not collect any personal information.
Oink And Stuff did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company s privacy policy claims, Oink and Stuff is audited by Softpedia Labs as 100 per cent Clean, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.
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