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Why pick on Chrome? How does this differ from extensions offered by Firefox or Internet Explorer? They all allow essentially similar behavior. Eventually it com
by dmethvin 14y ago
Why pick on Chrome? How does this differ from extensions offered by Firefox or Internet Explorer? They all allow essentially similar behavior. Eventually it comes down to whether you trust the extension.
If I'm running AdBlock it needs to be able to modify the HTML of any page and occasionally update its lists using the Internet. But AdBlock Extra Evil Edition might also be paid by someone to not block their ads or to leave beacons in place.
A form filling application could potentially push evil information into a form and submit it before I could do anything. Or it may work the way I expect and only fill in data that I want to be filled. How do you allow the good stuff without also allowing the bad stuff?
- borisjabes 14y agoThis is definitely something that affects all browsers. That said, things are a little different with IE since it does not provide an extension marketplace or a fine-grained permissions model, which Chrome (and Firefox) do.