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Five Chrome extensions for safer browsing

By Jack Wallen March 19, 2014, 5:04 PM PDT

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Five Chrome extensions for safer browsing

Boost Chrome security with these five add-ons

Boost Chrome security with these five add-ons

Google Chrome is my browser of choice. Its lightning fastrnrendering engine, incredible extension system, and cross-platform nature makernit a winner. But is it secure?

Unfortunately, in today’s world of too muchrninformation and too many nefarious users sniffing about, adding security to anyrnbrowser is a must.

Here are five extensions that will make your Chrome browsing experience is much safer. Each can be found in the Chrome Web Store and are a single click awayrnfrom installation.

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Of course, online advertising is not always a bad thing, andrnblocking every ad presented to you runs counter to the sites you view. (Remember:rnThose sites need to make money to keep the lights on.)

With Adblock Plus, yourncan create your own filters, add whitelisted domains, and more. The Adblockrnfilters do have their own language rules to follow, but you’ll find plenty ofrninformation on writing filters here. AdBlock plus is free.

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