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Title: Chrome for Mac will soon require Chrome Web Store distribution for extensions to prevent malware
Post by: HCK on May 14, 2015, 03:00:17 am
Chrome for Mac will soon require Chrome Web Store distribution for extensions to prevent malware

Back in May of last year, Google started enforcing a policy that requires Chrome extensions be hosted on its Chrome Web Store, but only on Windows. The goal was to prevent malware hidden in extensions installable from outside its store, and it even started disabling extensions already installed on users’ systems that weren’t hosted on […]<img alt="" border="0" src="(http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=379447&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

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