Curious extension take down
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avm99963
Sep 11, 2021, 12:03:09 PM9/11/21
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Hi everyone!
I clicked the "report abuse" button in the Chrome Web Store for an extension which in my opinion clearly didn't comply with the Chrome Web Store developer agreement, and minutes later, before finishing writing my report, the extension no longer appeared in the Chrome Web Store (a 404 error is returned). I haven't sent the report (but saved it in case the extension appears again without having the tracking code removed).
I wonder whether clicking the "report abuse" button triggered an internal automated review of the item which led to its takedown, or it was just a casualty... Have any of you experienced something similar to this?
Cheers :-)
avm99963
Sep 11, 2021, 12:07:40 PM9/11/21
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Some additional observations:
- The extension had over 200 000 users, and was last updated around August 30 IIRC.
- It's was amazed by the fact that an extension that has over 200 000 users could track users around the web (if the server returned a special flag called "extendedAnalytics" when retrieving the configuration flags).
Cheers :-)
ko myo
Sep 11, 2021, 12:45:41 PM9/11/21
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ko myo
Sep 11, 2021, 12:58:55 PM9/11/21
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