Articles tagged "proxy"

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A hairline pipe that kinks down through a soft orange watercolor blot — traffic diverted through a relay instead of a real VPN.

737 fake VPN extensions: how to check yours isn't a traffic relay

Socket found 737 fake VPN extensions routing Chrome browser traffic through one operator's SOCKS5 proxies. Here's how to check yours and reset the damage.

Maxim Kosterin

August 17, 2026

9 min read

A dotted line of traffic bending to pass through a single orange watercolor node — every request rerouted through one controlled point.

privacy browser-extensions permissions

The `proxy` permission explained: what browser extensions can really do with your traffic

The proxy permission lets a browser extension reroute all your traffic through servers it controls. Here's what it really allows — and how to check yours.

Maxim Kosterin

July 3, 2026

7 min read