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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1400813/popular-twitch-ad-blocker-caught-sending-live-account-credentials-to-russian-proxies

Threat Research Team identified a cross-store browser extension, “Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot,” that forwards each user’s live Twitch OAuth session token to proxy servers operated by a Russian commercial bot service. The extension ships on both the Chrome Web Store (extension ID pnhhdhhcadcjfckjhpmjneldiegbojfb, 30,000 users) and Firefox Add-ons (twitchenhancedviewer@example.com, 552 users). Both listings are live at time of writing.

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[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 39 points 14 hours ago

I am shocked. Shocked, I say!

Well not that shocked.

[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Damn, now the Russians know what vtubers I've been gooning to.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

That's what joystick is for, silly

[–] dotCody@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago
[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

There is a script you can find that autoblocks twitch ads if you set it up properly. It’s popular but, I forgot it, it uses Ublock origin.

[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 15 points 13 hours ago

Twitch Adblock Solutions on github? Developer rage quit in disgust of Amazon and archived the repo.

This is the current darling extension to use:

https://github.com/GosuDRM/TTV-AB

It'll use the standard definition preview stream until the ads stop playing, then switch to the regular stream.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 13 hours ago

Probably how they fuel their viewbot operations.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Just wanted to say that's a great little pixel art graphic for the story. I'm confident it's not ai, because i like it.

[–] M137@lemmy.today 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Sorry but I really think it's AI. The only time I played around with AI of any kind was to see how it'd handle pixelart and it looked very similar to this. It's good at a very quick glance but quickly falls apart (like a lot of AI things) as soon as you actually look at it.

I don't see how a human could mess it up that oddly and badly. It would take more effort to make it this bad than just make actual pixel art, there are so many small things that make no sense as errors or sloppy/lazy human art.

[–] yamper@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

it doesnt really adhere to any pixel grid. to be fair many pixel artists also dont adhere to a grid, but ai REALLY doesnt.