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dimitarvp

dimitarvp

All of these are the so-called web APIs. They can do a ton of stuff…

dimitarvp

dimitarvp

Nope, I didn’t, but I started getting security conscious in the last year or so and started looking at what browsers can do. It’s crazy. They are almost an OS at this point. These efforts that the browsers can do everything should be severely dialled back at some point!

Exadra37

Exadra37

Remember that extensions installed in the browser have more permissions then they should and they can do a lot of harm in the hands of the wrong developers.

Its a know issue the some well intention-ed extensions get acquired and then start to spy on you or steal your data.

Do you use a popular browser extension? How confident are you that the creator wouldn’t accept a $10k offer to hand it over only to have it then go rogue on you? https://twitter.com/nikolaihampton/status/1037449795604905985

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