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Your extensions leak clues about you, so we made sure Browser Guard doesn’t

ID: bd39a1b4-be79-5d00-906f-4dc0cbd5affa

STIX ID: report--bd39a1b4-be79-5d00-906f-4dc0cbd5affa

Feed Name: Security Boulevard

Date Published: 2026-04-08

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Malwarebytes

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The article explains how websites and advertisers can detect installed browser extensions and the privacy risks that creates, cites research and past incidents (LinkedIn scanning extensions, a Gravy Analytics data broker breach), and describes techniques Malwarebytes Browser Guard uses to reduce detectability (using storage APIs and dynamic URLs).

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