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That's terrible for security, but great for convenience :)
by quickslowdown 3y ago
That's terrible for security, but great for convenience :)
- varenc 3y agoCan you explain what you mean by this more?
- zeofig 3y ago[flagged]
- lukan 3y agoProbably because "no automatic updates means bad"? Which might be true in general, but maybe not here. Depends how complex the source is.
- quickslowdown 3y agoThis is exactly the point I was making. I personally don't care that this is how some people manage their chrome extensions. It's clever, and will help if the source suddenly changes. If there is a vulnerability in the version you've downloaded & keep installing, it'll never be fixed because no automatic updates. Plenty of examples of extension vulnerabilities in Chrome, but the stability of your plugins not auto updating is definitely appealing to avoid unexpected changes/behavior