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Browser extensions seem like a security nightmare in general.
by snowwrestler 5y ago
Browser extensions seem like a security nightmare in general.
- ronsor 5y agoThey used to be much worse. People ended up with a dozen toolbars, plugins, and extensions that hijacked their search to sketchy sites like "Internet Web Search" and injected random ads into the page.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoAs opposed to running scripts from random websites with zero oversight.
- thehappypm 5y agoBrowsers have the sandbox. Extensions are outside of it, within a different one, but the further up you go the more vulnerabilities there are.
- Volker_W 5y agoYou know how many right the average windows/linux/macos desktop application has?