Toby Geeks Out!

Okay, this one is a little alarming. Security researchers have been digging into Chrome extensions — those handy little add-ons we all install and then completely forget about — and what they found is not great news, according to SecurityWeek.

"More than 300 Chrome extensions were found to be leaking browser data, spying on users, or stealing user information. With more than 37 million combined downloads, the extensions expose users to tracking and personal information theft."

Be careful out there — do your research before installing any extension, and audit what you already have.

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Toby Overstreet is a curious mind who has been blogging on and off since 2004 and still hasn't figured out how to stop. He launched Toby Geeks Out! as a space to share his honest, unfiltered takes on whatever has his attention that week. Whether he's documenting the latest technological shift, diving into neurodivergence topics, or exploring a wide variety of new subjects, Toby loves to follow his curiosity wherever it leads. He writes for the sheer joy of discovery and the satisfaction of making a complicated topic feel like a conversation. He lives in a tiny house in Kentucky, where he can usually be found reading, working on an adult coloring book, watching something new on streaming, or quietly eyeing a LEGO set he has no room for.