I just found out about a pretty serious vulnerability in Chrome that's been circulating. It turns out that certain malicious extensions can escalate privileges through the Gemini panel and access your camera, microphone, screenshots, and local files without you realizing it. The issue has CVE-2026-0628 code, and Google has known about it since early January.



If you use Chrome, the best thing is to update immediately to version 143.0.7499.192 or higher (on Windows and Mac) or 143.0.7499.192 on Linux. Honestly, with these Chrome extensions floating around, it's better not to leave anything to chance. Google recently patched it, but it's up to you to install the updates.

It's not something to panic about, but it's also not something to ignore. If you have strange extensions installed, maybe it's a good time to check what's going on. Is anyone else concerned about this, or is it just me?
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