8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

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8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

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Technology@programming.devEnglish · 2 months ago

cross-posted to:
privacy@programming.dev

Privacy browser extensions misled users and sold 8 million AI chat logs, exposing sensitive conversations for profit without consent.

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