I get your point, but the same argument could be made to say we should avoid having computers, or at least avoid connecting them to a network :) (any hardware o

I get your point, but the same argument could be made to say we should avoid having computers, or at least avoid connecting them to a network :) (any hardware or software company could be sold to bad people who will find clever ways not to be detected) There is a trust issue here, not sure why it hits chrome extensions harder (although, I'm pretty sure the whole permissions system made people turn paranoid). We will probably need some kind of trusted party audit system to get further. Also, the list of extensions they have should be published, IMO, even (and especially) if developers are not aware about it. This should be treated as vulnerabilities and disclosed so there's a chance to take action on it.