The following comes to us from Lifehacker. This article has gives you some excellent suggestions to help you maintain your privacy in spite of the many extensions which are so hungry to gobble up your personal data and browsing habits. Read and consider using a dummy Google Account when installing extensions for Google Chrome.
Use a Dummy Google Account for Chrome Extensions to Boost Security
Chrome extensions make life easier, but not all of them are above board. Some of them eat up your data and send it to the developer, leak passwords, and are generally more intrusive than they should be. One easy fix—use a dummy Google account for Chrome, so if it is leaking data, it won’t be associated with you.P
We’ve heard too many stories lately of Chrome extensions that watch all of your browsing in all of your tabs and report it back to the developer, or extensions that peek at your saved passwords in Chrome and associate them with the Google account you’re using to install extensions. One way around the whole affair is to just use a dummy Google account—
