Chrome Featured Extension Is Actually A Scraper Network

Update on January 30, 2026 : A MyBib developer contacted me about this extension&rsquo;s behavior. They confirmed that this was expected behavior and it was how they were pooling the retrieval of user citation requests. The instance where my computer downloaded several PDF files was a bug that has since been fixed. MyBib has updated the language in the Chrome Web Store to reflect the reality of…