'Stylish' add-on made sites look pretty, but did ugly data slurpage
By Richard Chirgwin 5 Jul 2018
Firefox and Chrome have removed a browser extension from their stores following revelations it was phoning home with users' web-surfing histories.
The "Stylish" plug-in gained popularity because it let users configure sites' appearance, rather than accepting the designers' decisions.
However – stop us if you've heard this one before – the code changed hands last year and the new owners expanded its data slurping activities.
Software engineer Robert Heaton decided to take a look at what was being sent to Stylish's owners, analytics company SimilarWeb, and was horrified.
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