Featured Chrome Browser Extension Caught Intercepting Millions of Users' AI Chats

A widely used Google Chrome extension, Urban VPN Proxy, with over six million users and a "Featured" badge, has been found silently collecting all user prompts entered into various AI-powered chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini. This raises significant privacy concerns, as the extension potentially exposes sensitive user data to third parties without explicit consent or transparency. The development highlights the risks associated with browser extensions that have extensive access to user input, especially when they are not transparent about data collection practices. It underscores the need for increased scrutiny and regulation of third-party extensions to