alt Hacker NewsWhat would a safe extension model look like to you?
At some point, you have to implicitly trust someone unless you audit every line of code (or write it yourself) and build everything from source that you run.
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raw_anon_1111 • yesterday at 4:05 PM
This is a solved problem for at least ad blockers for over a decade on iOS. The ad blocking extension gives Safari a list of URLs and regex expressions to block
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> What would a safe extension model look like to you?
> At some point, you have to implicitly trust someone
A model so I trust my OS and my browser, and I don't have to trust anyone else, that is, they can't harm me.