Ghostery is even a recommended Addon on AMO [1]. What would really be practical were some kind of extension analyzer/profiler that runs newly installed addons

Ghostery is even a recommended Addon on AMO [1]. What would really be practical were some kind of extension analyzer/profiler that runs newly installed addons in a sandbox and displays attempted connections and payloads. Or a mode where connections need to be whitelisted, to limit the impact of silent addon takeovers. Too many times I find myself having to download, unpack, and skim through an addon's source to make sure it's not doing anything malicious under the hood. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/