But they can do much more. They can find out exactly who you are, get your passwords, banking information and other confidential information. In addition, criminals sometimes buy extensions to insert malware. A recent article published by French media Le Journal du Net, provides insight on this problem. VPN Extensions Scam Your Data
Not all VPN extensions are reliable: some even leak your data. Without protection against DNS leaks, a VPN is not able to prevent Chrome from sending DNS queries to ISPs.
VPNs that have experienced data leaks include Hola VPN, Betternet, Touch VPN, Opera VPN, and many others.…