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Google needs to act on removing these extensions/doing more thorough code reviews. Reputability is everything, and they can be actually valuable (e.g. LastPass, my own extension Ward) There has to be a better system. Maybe a public extension safety directory?
Google is doing code review on extensions?
Google needs to act on removing these extensions/doing more thorough code reviews. Reputability is everything, and they can be actually valuable (e.g. LastPass, my own extension Ward) There has to be a better system. Maybe a public extension safety directory?
Do you think Google wants to have the extensions system, given that this is how people block ads?
Google needs to act on removing these extensions/doing more thorough code reviews. Reputability is everything, and they can be actually valuable (e.g. LastPass, my own extension Ward) There has to be a better system. Maybe a public extension safety directory?
Do you think Google wants to have the extensions system, given that this is how people block ads?
Oh, a free of cost vpn extension that requires access to all sites and data is somehow spyware, color me surprised. With those extensions the user's data and internet are the product, most if not all are also selling residential IP access for scrapers, bots, etc. Good thing Google is protecting users by taking down such harmful extensions as ublock origin instead.
ublock requires access to all sites and data. Maybe they are trustworthy but who really knows?
I treat extensions like they're all capable of privileged local code execution. My selection is very vetted and very small.
The only extensions I have installed are dark reader and ublock origin. Would be nice if I could disable auto updating for them somehow and run local pinned versions...
Sometimes things don't make sense to me, like how "Uber Driver app access background location and there is no way to change that from settings" - https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/783227
> Urban Cyber Security INC
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/5136044
https://www.urbancybersec.com/about-us/
I found two addresses:
> 1007 North Orange Street 4th floor Wilmington, DE 19801 US
> 510 5th Ave 3rd floor New York, NY 10036 United States
and even a phone number: +1 917-690-8380
https://www.manhattan-nyc.com/businesses/urban-cyber-securit...
They look really legitimate on the outside, to the point that there's a fair chance they're not aware what their extension is doing. Possibly they're "victim" of this as well.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
ublock requires access to all sites and data. Maybe they are trustworthy but who really knows?
Let's say we don't trust ublock. At the very least it is still blocking ad networks which do reduce internet performance and are vectors of exploitation, so it is still adding value whether you trust it or not.
I treat extensions like they're all capable of privileged local code execution. My selection is very vetted and very small.
The only extensions I have installed are dark reader and ublock origin. Would be nice if I could disable auto updating for them somehow and run local pinned versions...
(for firefox/derivatives anyways...)