Amazon warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a browser extension for comparison shopping and rewards acquired by Paypal for $4B in November, was a “security risk”
The retail giant warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a popular browser extension, was a “security risk.” Honey denies the claim.
Wired Louise Matsakis
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Discussion
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@ryanhutchins
Ryan Hutchins
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Amazon is telling shoppers that the browser extension Honey — it gives you coupon codes and other ways to save — is malware. Paypal bought Honey in November for $4 billion. That's one extensive piece of Malware. pic.twitter.com/Di6I8RAX2X
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@lmatsakis
Louise Matsakis
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Scoop: Just one month after PayPal paid $4 BILLION for Honey, a coupon browser extension, Amazon started telling users it was a “security risk.” It declined to tell me what that's supposed to mean https://www.wired.com/...
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@caitlin__kelly
Caitlin Kelly
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For the PM crowd: Days before Xmas, Amazon began warning users of popular coupon extension Honey that it was a security risk and to uninstall it. Honey—which PayPal just bought for $4B(!)—says it's safe. Amazon wouldn't provide more details. By @lmatsakis: https://www.wired.com/.…
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@ryanhutchins
Ryan Hutchins
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In December, I encountered a warning on Amazon that claimed the browser extension Honey posed a security threat. WIRED looked into it and it turns out that Amazon has its own browser extension that works in the same way. Amazon - surprise, surprise - had no comment. https://twitt…
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@grady_booch
Grady Booch
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Amazon is just jealous that PayPal found a way to track the data they wanted to track. @amazon @PayPal https://www.wired.com/...
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@backchnnl
Backchannel
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The retail giant warned holiday shoppers that Honey, a popular browser extension, was a “security risk.” Honey denies the claim. https://www.wired.com/...
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@lemonsand
Angela Lashbrook
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“To keep your data private and secure, uninstall this extension immediately.” I wonder if Amazon knows something it isn't telling us, or if they're just mad about Honey https://twitter.com/...
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@jason_koebler
Jason Koebler
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This message Amazon put up telling people Honey is malware is extremely wild https://www.wired.com/...