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Comment by account42

2 hours ago

Websites themselves are a much larger threat than extensions - should your ideal browser remove support for them as well?

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ocdtrekkie  24 minutes ago

This is incredibly untrue. Many extensions can see and modify everything you see on any other site. Installing a browser extension is best described as installing a rootkit in your browser.

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