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Alas the Great Suspender just fell prey to malware after its creator sold it off: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25846504 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
by leonroy 6y ago
Alas the Great Suspender just fell prey to malware after its creator sold it off:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25846504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25846504
I think Apple have the right idea with app review on browser extensions for Safari.
- teddyh 6y agoI hear that a lot of companies are doing unethical things. Maybe the government should only grant corporations to form which are headed by approved people? /s
- emayljames 6y agoNot a bad idea, even if sarcastic.
- josho 6y agoThe other nice thing about Safari’s approach is that for common extension functionality it is just a set of rules that are executed. So no malware can be run because extension code isn’t actually reading the dom. Nor does it have access to load remote resources.