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There is nothing that can be done. Any moderation can be easily bypassed (for example, obfuscated code, code loaded from external servers etc.). You just should
by codedokode 10y ago
There is nothing that can be done. Any moderation can be easily bypassed (for example, obfuscated code, code loaded from external servers etc.). You just should not install software that you don't trust.
For example I don't use any browser extensions because I don't have time to inspect their code after every update.
I wonder why both Google and Mozilla don't write this at the front page of their extension stores?
- paulryanrogers 10y agoSerious question: do you audit code changes in browser updates? EDIT: I realize there are (probably) fewer authors involved there.
- codedokode 10y agoBrowsers are made by reputable organizations like Mozilla Foundation or (not so reputable) Google. And extensions are usually written by some anonymous person from Internet (or sold to anonymous person after gaining popularity).
- cheiVia0 10y agoMozilla actually manually reviews the extensions and updates to the extensions, and would reject obfuscated code. See for example: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/19/a-simpler-add-on-review-process https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/19/a-simpler-add-on-... https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2010/02/15/the-add-on-review-process-and-you https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2010/02/15/the-add-on-review...