Google Introduces Chrome Protections Against Search Hijacking by Malicious Extensions

The post highlights a growing issue with browser extensions silently overriding users' default search engines. The author mentions discovering and reporting numerous such extensions, linking to a resource called malext.io for reference. Google is reportedly introducing Chrome protections to prevent extensions from hijacking the default search engine and New Tab page. The post expresses hope that this will reduce the abuse of this behavior by malicious extensions.