In a time when modern web browsers are dropping new tab pages, I decided to take Chrome's customization abilities for a spin.

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The extension, which uses JavaScript to overlay a fake sidebar over the legitimate one on Atlas and Perplexity Comet, can trick users into "navigating to malicious websites, running data exfiltration ...