Daemon appears to conflict with Google Chrome / Great Suspender plugin

[kekukui]

Version information: win64 0.4.9

Type: Bug, compatibility issue

Severity: High

Description:

90 suspended tabs were lost when launching daemon while browser was running
(this has never occurred before under any other circumstance)
a security warning also appeared in extensions list which has never been seen before

possibly a low memory issue was involved ; too busy to attempt replication at the moment due to loss of research project

idea: Can IPFS possibly be implemented in browser through an extension instead of the current method?

[Kubuxu]

Were you using the IPFS Addon?

[kekukui]

No, I was not aware there is one. This should be promoted on the IPFS main web site. I'll post a link here to the web store for the convenience of others.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/ipfs

Today I learned the developer's account was compromised and an unauthorized version of the extension was pushed to the Chrome webstore. It was merely by chance that I installed IPFS at the same time. The extension was updated silently in the background without my knowledge and permission. The issue is now resolved. As one user said:

"Gotta love Google's walled garden with forced automatic updating of extensions and no way for the user to disable it without directly editing the extension's files. "

[Kubuxu]

We are creating https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-companion/ which soon should work also on Chrome.

Good that it was not issue on our side. Have fun discovering IPFS.

[ghost]

Hold on, @h3298 what are you saying about account compromise? Please reach out to [email protected] asap.

[ghost]

Ah okay, that's about a different extension unrelated to IPFS.

For context: greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender#512 (comment)