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I always find these browser extensions completely terrifying. You can have all the encryption in the world, but all it takes to extract your bank account or cre
by tybris 16y ago
I always find these browser extensions completely terrifying. You can have all the encryption in the world, but all it takes to extract your bank account or credit card information is one lousy browser extension.
- dspillett 16y agoIt isn't just extensions on there own: extensions like greasemonkey allow external scripts to be added, and even without that there are bookmarklets that get complete access to the content in the browser's DOM too. Admittedly a bookmarklet requires user intervention to run once installed, but a script in GM or similar will run just as automatically as an extension on its own.
- mceachen 16y agoIf you don't know the developer, you can use this extension to pre-examine other extensions: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bbamfloeabgknfklmgbpjcgofcokhpia https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bbamfloeabgknfklmg... Remember that Chrome automatically and user-transparently upgrades extensions (!!) so this isn't foolproof.