Google has updated its policies for the Chrome Web Store with new rules for affiliate ads and programs, which require all affiliate programs to “be described prominently in the

SquareX has devised a new attack method that allows malicious browser extensions to impersonate legitimate ones for password managers, crypto wallets and more.

Honey was accused of shadily swapping out affiliate links, and now Google has new rules for extensions targeting exactly that.

Google has updated its Chrome extension rules to prevent extensions from adding affiliate links without the user knowing, the alleged tactic used by Honey to take sales from other sources.