Look for archived copies of broken links with Wayback Machine for Chrome

Hit a 404 dead end and hope to see an archived version of an old site? A new Chrome extension makes it easier for you. Aptly named the Wayback Machine for Chrome, this extension checks to see if an archived version of a site is available once you hit that familiar error code. The great thing is you don’t have to head to the Wayback Machine site to do just that. Now, you have a Chrome tool to do that for you.

Source: Lifehacker

Exploit shows autofill makes it easy to expose your credit card info on Chrome and Safari

Autofill on browsers are convenient. You input things once and then you’re all set every time. But the price you pay for that convenience could be that you’re giving away important personal data—like your credit card information. Viljami Kuosmanen, a hacker at Futurice, shared on Github and Twitter a simple exploit that makes it easy for malicious websites to rip you off based on the information you allowed to be saved as autofill on both Chrome and Safari.

Browsers will determine what type of information the site is looking for and then it’ll keep the rest. But hackers have a way to obscure certain text boxes and users wouldn’t even notice they’re being autofilled, especially when what’s being filled out is sensitive personal data (e.g. credit card info). A quick way to avoid this is to disable autofill on both browsers, you can head to chrome://settings and find it under Show Advanced Settings tab on Chrome or heading to Preferences on Safari and unchecking the boxes in the Autofill tab.

This is why I don't like autofill in web forms. #phishing #security #infosec pic.twitter.com/mVIZD2RpJ3

— Viljami Kuosmanen ⭐ (@anttiviljami) January 4, 2017

Source: Gizmodo

Clean out your Twitter list in one click with Twitter Unfollow Chrome extension

Looking to start anew with your Twitter account? There’s a Chrome extension that can help you purge your list with just one click. Aptly called Twitter Unfollow, the extension simply empties out your feed in one go. No need to scour through the hundreds (or maybe thousands) of people, media outlets, or brands that you follow to start fresh.

Source: Lifehacker

Google to end support for Chrome apps on all platforms outside Chrome OS

Screencap: Ubergizmo

In the coming months and year, Google will slowly be phasing out support for Chrome apps on other platforms outside of its own Chrome OS platform. This means, Windows, Mac, and Linux users will lose access to them. By the second half of 2017, these apps won’t show up on the Chrome Web Store. Newly-published apps coming out at the latter part of this year will only be available on Chrome OS. By early 2018, users can no longer load these apps. What will be remaining there are the extensions and themes.

And while it seems like a big deal, it would seem only a small number of users are using Chrome apps. According to Google, “Today, approximately 1 percent of users on Windows, Mac, and Linux actively use Chrome packaged apps, and most hosted apps are already implemented as regular web apps.” And with the advancements in open web, Google feels like there isn’t a real need for these apps. Google is encouraging developers to migrate their Chrome apps to the web or help out Google with new APIs to fill in gaps left by the Chrome apps.