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long before the idea of enhancing the functionality of a web browser to the

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point where it could be an entire PC operating system was the twinkle in

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Google's eye enterprising developers have been trying to make the internet a

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little more exciting with walls of toolbars for sweep Stakes coupons asking

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questions of the world's most knowledgeable Butler and virtual pets

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that would sing Talk and load malicious code onto your unsuspecting PC but as

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clunky and awful as those early add-ons were they were actually the forerunners

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of modern browser extensions that's right browser extensions don't actually

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have to be slick and minimalist like everything you see today in fact an

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extension is basically just any piece of software that adds functionality to your

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browser in some way there are huge libraries of these extensions available

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for Chrome and Firefox with Microsoft's new edge browser finally having the

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possibility of supporting those libraries in the future so where do

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these extensions actually come from well there are usually a few that come

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directly from the publisher of your web browser such as the ever popular Google

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Mail checker for Chrome but the vast majority of them are written by

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thirdparty programmers checked for bugs and then published in some sort of

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official store by Milla Google or whoever else wrote your web browser

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either for free or with a usually small cost associated with them okay so I know

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what they are I know where they come from but why would I want them well in

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much the same way that Apple never expected anyone to use their phone as a

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flashlight extensions are limited only by some basic publication rules and the

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creativity of developers so there are plenty of reasons to love them here are

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some examples of things extensions can do automatically apply discount codes

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without having you search for them reveal who's tracking your online activity through cookies block

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distracting websites when you're up really late trying to finish that term

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paper in the last freaking minute customize the look of popular websites

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however you could possibly want recover that Ma massive Reddit rant that you

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lost because you accidentally hit the back button and even show you

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crowdsource summaries of ulas so you don't end up allowing someone to harvest

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your organs in the middle of the night in exchange for some free music or

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something but before you go out and install every browser extension known to

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man here are some important considerations first of all although

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most browser extensions are small files that you download quickly they can still

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tie up your computer's resources especially if you try to run too many of

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them at the same time and secondly and this is much more important poorly

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secured and even nefarious browser extensions are still out there even

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after the official stores have vetted them so be sure to read reviews along

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with the fine print before you install everything some extensions can spy on

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your browsing habits without telling you and others might even funnel other

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people's traffic through your connection as was the case with the hola VPN

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extension a while back but as long as you're careful about what you install

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