Remove the extension Stylish - it steals your data

Stylish popular extension to customize the interface of the site was not as diligent as we would like. Developer Robert Heaton (Robert Heaton) published«Stylish» browser extension steals all your internet history in his blog comprehensive information about how Stylish steals user data.

As it turned out, with the expansion of an audience of over 2 million users transmits user data to the company SimilarWeb. Its services are used by many developers and large corporations who need web analytics. The fact is that until 2016 Stylish extension remained independent, and its development was the original developer. In 2017 Stylish became the property of the company SimilarWeb, and she has introduced its analytics tools in expansion.

In the hands of the company gets almost the entire history of visits to the browser, which is set extension Stylish. Yes, SimilarWeb know what social networking profiles you go, and have access to the private links of letters with unique keys. Leakage of this information is not just undesirable but dangerous for the user.

It is noteworthy that SimilarWeb not so bad, because they reportedAnnouncement to the Community the introduction of more intelligence with the purchase in 2017. Of course, no one is paid no attention. In general, one can dispense with the removal of the expansion - enough to turn off the analyst in its settings.