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One of the reasons I never use Browser extensions either. If it doesn't ship with the browser, it cannot be trusted. NO exceptions.
by MenhirMike 2y ago
One of the reasons I never use Browser extensions either. If it doesn't ship with the browser, it cannot be trusted. NO exceptions.
- throwup238 2y agoThere is an obvious exception: if you control the code. Many extensions have github repos where you can clone them and build your own version. I have a long running personal extension where I collect all the functionality I need from open source extensions. Audit once, run forever with minor API updates every few years. The only third party ones I run are uBlock Origin and 1Password's official extension. With ChatGPT the audit/integration process has become loads simpler. I even have a native extension bridge like 1password to interact with a Rust agent (to save and index visited pages, etc.)
- abhinavk 2y agoMozilla audits the code of the most popular Firefox extensions and tags them.