Chrome install prompt : Mimicked or Genuine?

[Ink]

I was browsing for some news and stumbled across this on The Independent News website. I was notified by a prompt that looks to be from Google Chrome.

Would this be coded for the website to show if using Chrome (w/ User Agent ofc) or something that could be exploited for malicious purposes?

Screenshot attached:
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By the way, that Chrome extension for The Independent is legit, see here.

 

[Jack]

I was browsing for some news and stumbled across this on The Independent News website. I was notified by a prompt that looks to be from Google Chrome.

Would this be coded for the website to show if using Chrome (w/ User Agent ofc) or something that could be exploited for malicious purposes?

Screenshot attached:


By the way, that Chrome extension for The Independent is legit, see here.

That popup isn't from the Google team or a cyber criminal, The Independent has coded their site in order to show to their Chrome users that toolbar.....
You can check at any time a site code just by using CTRL + U and basically view their source code.
I've highlighted the code that delivered that pop-up for this specific site.

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script type="text/javascript"> 
	var toolbarConfig = {title:"The Independent",link:"http://bit.ly/azgknT",hide:"noIndyExtToolbar",slide:true};
	document.write("<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/editorial/javascript/tb.js?"+Math.random()+"\"></s"+"cript>");
</script>

As a side note I must say that I find this pop-up very annoying and unprofessional.