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ozimyesterday at 9:48 PM4 repliesview on HN

Why would you sandbox extension?

Just don’t install crap maybe.


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Hackbratenyesterday at 9:58 PM

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

Gigachadyesterday at 11:28 PM

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.

fhntoday at 12:17 AM

thanks for the sage advice. Next time you are infected with the flu you should just don't breath maybe.

pixl97yesterday at 10:13 PM

This mans security onion has one layer.