That free VPN Chrome and Firefox extension may be reading your clipboard every half a second, researchers warn

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Jul 1, 2026, 9:22 am127 ptsTrending
Researchers found "VPN Go" extensions for Chrome and Firefox secretly harvesting copied text The clipboard theft was not there at launch and arrived through a later update Anything copied while the extension was active should now be treated as exposed Security researchers at Socket found two browser extensions…

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