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Adobe quietly bundles data-collecting Chrome extension with latest Reader update (Help Net Security)
2017-01-13 20:16

Chrome users who have installed the latest Adobe security updates have also been unknowingly saddled with a browser extension (“Adobe Acrobat”) that can collect some of their operating environment data. The unexpected addition was not noted by Adobe when it released the Adobe Acrobat, Reader and Flash updates on January 10, but the person behind the popular SwiftOnSecurity Twitter account made sure to make it widely known: With latest Reader update, Adobe is automatically prompting … More →


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