...and then update them to inject ads Monday Jan 20 2014 21:46 EDT By Zeljka Zorz ~ HNS Managing Editor Google has a new problem: original add-on developers are being bought out by ad firms and their creations equipped with code serving ads to unsuspecting users. The practice was first described by Amit Agarwal, developer of the "Add to Feedly" Chrome extension, who sold his add-on to a person that wanted to buy it for a 4-figure sum. "I had no clue about the buyer and was also curious to know why would anyone pay this kind of money for such a simple Chrome extension," he wrote, adding that the transfer of ownership went smoothly. Read More Here Our member ZZZZZZZ  notes... "Looks like the bad guys are finding more devious and annoying methods everyday. :("
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