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> Google and Microsoft Pull ModHeader With 1.6 Million Installs After Dormant Collector Found

[SOURCE] The Hacker News [DATE: 13/07/2026 17:17] [LANGUAGE: EN]
Google and Microsoft Pull ModHeader With 1.6 Million Installs After Dormant Collector Found
Google and Microsoft have pulled ModHeader, a popular header-editing extension with roughly 1.6 million installs across Chrome and Edge, after researchers found a hidden browsing-history collector built into its official store version. The collector was dormant. An empty allow-list kept it switched off, and no proof has emerged that it ever gathered or sent a single browsing domain. The
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