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Why is it even possible to install these plugins in the first place? Shouldn't they be blacklisted?

• rsync 14y ago
  Some folks are using general purpose computing devices to access the web.
  • w1ntermute 14y ago
    I'm aware of that. I meant that Chrome should be blacklisting these plugins so that they cannot be installed, even manually.
    • rhplus 14y ago
      Blacklists are a constant game of whack-a-mole. Anything you add to the blacklist will be replaced by 10 more variants. Whitelisting would be a more reliable solution. It has snuck into consumer computing under a different name: app stores.
      • paulgb 14y ago
        Interestingly, this is what Crome has done. The app store used to be a distribution point, but as of recent versions of Chrome it's become an exclusive source of extensions for exactly this reason. (There are fortunately ways around it, but it does minimize the threat of malware).
      • w1ntermute 14y ago
        Correct, that's why I said "manually". I'm assuming these plug-ins are not already available in the Chrome store. I'm saying that in addition to that, Google should implement some sort of blacklisting, so that it doesn't get installed manually either.