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FYI: There are thousands of Chrome extensions with so, so many fake installations to trick you into using them

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The Register; By Thomas Claburn 		Mail this story
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Unethical developers fake user counts to gain trust. Efforts to manipulate installation counts in Chrome Web Store extension listings appear to be alive and well, despite a developer's personal crusade to call attention to the problem.…

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