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October 2, 2020 04:45 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/8ESouy2SvOA/facebook-sues-two-chrome-extension-makers-for-scraping-user-data
Facebook Sues Two Chrome Extension Makers For Scraping User Data
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against two companies for creating and distributing malicious browser extensions that scraped user data without authorization from the Facebook and Instagram websites. From a report: Named in the lawsuit are BrandTotal, an Israeli-based company with a Delaware subsidiary, and Unimania, incorporated in Delaware. The two companies are behind UpVoice and Ads Feed, two Chrome extensions available on the official Chrome Web Store since September and November 2019, where they racked up more than 5,000 and 10,000 installs, respectively. "BrandTotal enticed users to install the UpVoice extension from the Google Chrome Store by offering payments in exchange for installs, in the form of online gift cards, and claiming that the users who installed the extension became 'panelists . . . [who] impact the marketing decisions and brand strategies of multi-billion dollars (sic) corporations'," Facebook said in court documents filed today.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/8ESouy2SvOA/facebook-sues-two-chrome-extension-makers-for-scraping-user-data
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