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What makes those extensions not "potentially malware"? I am assuming it is because you (or someone you trust) vetted them and decided they were trustworthy. Wh
by cortesoft 5y ago
What makes those extensions not "potentially malware"? I am assuming it is because you (or someone you trust) vetted them and decided they were trustworthy.
Why wouldn't this same idea apply to any other extension? You are right, everything is potential malware (the two extensions you mentioned included). There is nothing magical about the two extensions you mentioned.
- edoceo 5y agoUBO is good cause like the whole internet trusts Raymond Hill (gorhill). And 1000s of eyeballs are on those works.
- lupire 5y agoUblock Origin only exists because gorhill's original Ublock became evil due to a critical management mistake onboarding an untrustworthy parry. Everything is a risk.
- dankwizard 5y agoI'd argue it's getting counter-intuitive though, similar to the bystander effect. Yes it is popular but if everybody thinks everyone else is verifying the source, then no one is. When is the last time you checked out the UBO Git?
- cortesoft 5y agoSure, but the comment I relied to seemed SO sure that those were the only two legitimate extensions. My point was that there might be others that also have built up that level of trust, and to assume that you know the exact list of trustworthy extensions is putting too much confidence in your knowledge of everything.