319 Chrome extensions and a search-redirect trick: what the reports actually say

<p>Two separate reports about browser extensions hijacking searches came out close together, and they're easy to blur into one story. They shouldn't be.</p> <p><strong>Socket's findings (a group of extensions)</strong></p> <ul> <li>319 Chrome extensions linked to search redirection, with roughly 13.4 million cumulative installs over almost a decade (cumulative installs are not unique users).</li>

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