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Users' distrust of corporate security teams is exposing businesses to unnecessary vulnerabilities. In early January, Colin McMillen, the lead developer at SemiColin Games, tweeted a warning about a popular Google Chrome extension, The Great Suspender. The utility came under fire after McMillen learned the developer sold it to a third party that silently released a version that could spy on a user's browsing habits, inject ads into websites, or even download sensitive data. After a community outcry, the new owner removed the offending code. Now aware of the change of ownership and breach of tr...

Try These Alternatives to 'The Great Suspender' Extension Lifehacker 2/4/2021 © Screenshot: David Murphy I’ve been a fan of The Great Suspender extension for years. Even when Google would drop new features into its Chrome browser to reduce the resources inactivate browser tabs eat up, I still trusted The Great Suspender to “inactivate” them for me to lessen the load on my system. But The Great Suspender is not to be trusted any longer—so much so, that Google removed it from the Chrome Web Store  in February 2021 for being “malware.” Before we get to the alternatives you can u...