This Chrome VPN extension secretly spies on you

Sep-14-2025, 13:15:01 GMT–FOX News

FreeVPN.One Chrome extension with over 100,000 installs secretly captured screenshots of users' browsing sessions including, bank logins and private documents.

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Sep-14-2025, 13:15:01 GMT

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