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Malicious "Hide Youtube Shorts" extension in Google's Chrome Web Store

Malicious "Hide Youtube Shorts" extension in Google's Chrome Web Store

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/c0m4r/45e15fc1ec13c544393feafca30e74de/raw/6f5924b8e9c138cea35642b86c53b06011166ecc/hide_youtube_shorts_chrome_web_store.png

TL;DR: This extension for Chrome and Brave is malicious, do not use it.

(Update) A follow up story by Wladimir Palant: https://palant.info/2024/10/30/the-karma-connection-in-chrome-web-store/

(Update 2024-11-11) The extension has been removed from CWS and marked as violating Chrome Web Store policies (which is good, but odd, as it should be marked as malware)