Goodbye ModHeader, hello tweak!
· 6 min read
On July 10, 2026, Google and Microsoft pulled ModHeader from the Chrome Web Store and Edge Add-ons. Roughly 1.6 million installs, gone in a day, after dormant data-collection code was found buried in the extension. If you were one of those users, or you're just re-evaluating what you trust with request and header access, here's what happened and what tweak does differently.