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Annex Blog
Company blog · secureannex.com/blogsecurityweb
Annex Blog is the company blog at secureannex.com, writing about security and web. Since 2025, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Buying browser extensions for fun and profit”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link SecureAnnex posts on browser and IDE extension security, including tracking by data firms, extension compromises and cookie theft. One commenter says the site looks promising for controlling extension risk.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Buying browser extensions for fun and profit3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-03-18
- Browser extensions put 4M users at risk of cookie exposure2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-11
What Hacker News says?
As someone who has witnessed BiScience tracking in the past, I am not surprised to to hear that they might be involved in all this. They came up in the past when researchers investigated the cyberhaven compromise [1][2]. Though the correlation might not all be there its kind of disappointing [1] https://secureannex.com/blog/cyberhaven-extension-compromise... . [2] https://secureannex.com/blog/sclpfybn-moneitization-…
Comment linking /blog/sclpfybn-moneitization-scheme/
on “8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions”Submitted Browser extensions put 4M users at risk of cookie exposure as a story · 13 points
HN discussionI was always afraid of browser extensions and now I'm also afraid of IDE extensions. Recently came across SecureAnnex[0] and it looks promising to get some control over it. [0] https://secureannex.com/
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on “First Self-Propagating Worm Using Invisible Code Hits OpenVSX and VS Code”Submitted Buying browser extensions for fun and profit as a story · 5 points
HN discussionOriginal source: https://secureannex.com/blog/searching-for-something-unknow/ (13 points, 6 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43653922
Comment linking /blog/searching-for-something-unknow/
on “Browser extensions put 4M users at risk of cookie theft”Submitted 30+ Hidden Browser extensions put 4M users at risk of cookie theft as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Buying browser extensions for fun and profit as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mellow Drama: Turning Browsers into Request Brokers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Buying browser extensions for fun and profit as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
