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Lots of the best extensions are basically "change this webpage when it loads to make it work better." You can't "disallow this behavior" without crippling them.
by fennecfoxen 6y ago
Lots of the best extensions are basically "change this webpage when it loads to make it work better." You can't "disallow this behavior" without crippling them.
- Triv888 6y agoIt could do all the processing locally, easily... what are you talking about?
- gruez 6y ago>It could do all the processing locally, easily... That's irrelevant. If you can make changes to the page, you can exfiltrate data. The security model for addons isn't designed with restricting an addon's network activity in mind, see my other post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25623281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25623281