A MILLION Chrome users' data was sent to ONE dodgy IP address
theregister.co.uk
theregister.co.uk
The security researcher/Analyst quoted in the article asserts the data went to "One dodgy IP" address of a server in the US therefore he "would take an educated guess it’s not going to be good news." No mention at all of what kind of data it was, or if the data was encrypted in transit.
The only thing "sneaky" described in the article is the extension downloading this functionality after a few days, ostensibly to avoid detection by a Google review board or other security auditors.