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Comment by ozim

2 hours ago

Why would you sandbox extension?

Just don’t install crap maybe.

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ozim

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Gigachad  15 minutes ago

Even if you don't install crap, the latest strategy is attacking the developer of one of the extensions or their build process so you can push a malware update to an otherwise legitimate extension.

Hackbraten  2 hours ago

Any good, benign extension can be taken over and weaponized with malware.

pixl97  2 hours ago

This mans security onion has one layer.

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