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tl;dr: Use Stylus [1]. Use Stylus. Use Stylus. I guess there should be an addon that notifies users for any ownership changes to browser addons they use. Or is

tl;dr: Use Stylus [1]. Use Stylus. Use Stylus. I guess there should be an addon that notifies users for any ownership changes to browser addons they use. Or is there? [1] https://github.com/openstyles/stylus https://github.com/openstyles/stylus

bjoli 8y ago
They do have to make you agree to the new TOS, so just make sure to at least skim any plugin popups/pages that come up after an extension update.
ehsankia 8y ago
Yep switched a few months back last I heard about Stylish being bad, and never looked back. It works very similarly and you can import/export all your stuff so it's super easy to switch.
kawera 8y ago
This extension disables any updated extension that requires new permissions, among other niceties: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extensions-update-notifie/nlldbplhbaopldicmcoogopmkonpebjm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extensions-update-... (I'm only a user)
- spookyuser 8y ago
  I thought chrome did this automatically now.
mmsimanga 8y ago
Firefox lets you know when addon changes permission between versions. You are prompted to accept the new permissions before upgrading the addon. This has been helpful in weeding out addons that become too data hungry.
- mastef 8y ago
  Sometimes extensions plan such things a long time ahead - for example this extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-litecoin-ethereum/jmmnaflnlpniogaclpnhmlheojfgpngc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-litecoin-e... injects itself currently into all websites, and sends the url back to its own background page. So once they are ready to add malicious code in the future to pass that information somewhere else, no permission changes will be required. Before downloading any extensions, I usually inspect them quickly with https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-source-v/jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s... Most important parts are "manifest.json" and then if defined then content scripts that match catch all urls and "https://*/*" https://*/*" / "http://*/* http://*/*.
  - mmsimanga 8y ago
    Thank you for the information. Very helpful.
ahmetkun 8y ago
Before uninstalling stylish, consider visiting its webstore page and rating it 1-star so that upcoming users know it's not a great extension.
- zamalek 8y ago
  You can report abuse without installing, so that's an option too.
dingaling 8y ago
And also keep a separate browser profile without ANY extensions for doing your banking and other financial work.
rain1 8y ago
Or don't. because it depends on openstyles.org which is also owned by SimilarWeb.

bjoli 8y ago

They do have to make you agree to the new TOS, so just make sure to at least skim any plugin popups/pages that come up after an extension update.

ehsankia 8y ago

Yep switched a few months back last I heard about Stylish being bad, and never looked back. It works very similarly and you can import/export all your stuff so it's super easy to switch.

kawera 8y ago

This extension disables any updated extension that requires new permissions, among other niceties: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extensions-update-notifie/nlldbplhbaopldicmcoogopmkonpebjm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extensions-update-... (I'm only a user)

spookyuser 8y ago
I thought chrome did this automatically now.

mmsimanga 8y ago

Firefox lets you know when addon changes permission between versions. You are prompted to accept the new permissions before upgrading the addon. This has been helpful in weeding out addons that become too data hungry.

mastef 8y ago
Sometimes extensions plan such things a long time ahead - for example this extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-litecoin-ethereum/jmmnaflnlpniogaclpnhmlheojfgpngc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitcoin-litecoin-e... injects itself currently into all websites, and sends the url back to its own background page. So once they are ready to add malicious code in the future to pass that information somewhere else, no permission changes will be required. Before downloading any extensions, I usually inspect them quickly with https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-source-v/jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s... Most important parts are "manifest.json" and then if defined then content scripts that match catch all urls and "https://*/*" https://*/*" / "http://*/* http://*/*.
- mmsimanga 8y ago
  Thank you for the information. Very helpful.

ahmetkun 8y ago

Before uninstalling stylish, consider visiting its webstore page and rating it 1-star so that upcoming users know it's not a great extension.

zamalek 8y ago
You can report abuse without installing, so that's an option too.

dingaling 8y ago

And also keep a separate browser profile without ANY extensions for doing your banking and other financial work.

rain1 8y ago

Or don't. because it depends on openstyles.org which is also owned by SimilarWeb.