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Browser extensions have been an unmitigated security train wreck. Not a single person is actually auditing the source code of every extension they use before in
by Gigachad 3y ago
Browser extensions have been an unmitigated security train wreck. Not a single person is actually auditing the source code of every extension they use before installation and before each update. And if you are, you should have no issues recompiling firefox without this change.
- lapcat 3y agoBrowsers have been an unmitigated security train wreck. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-2...
- Gigachad 3y agoBrowsers have bugs, meanwhile most extensions are actively malware while also having bugs.
- lapcat 3y ago> most extensions are actively malware Citation needed. This seems like scaremongering to me. Moreover, even if your claim were true, which it's not, then this new Firefox feature wouldn't actually do much, because it only disables extensions on a select list of sites, currently empty.