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Re:Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackabl... by im3w1l on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:05PM (#20561480)
The standard for plugins on windows was for a long time "go to shady website and download a dll with arbitrary code. drop it in the magic folder to run it with full permissions"
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Re:Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackabl... by hybrids on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:22PM (#20561579)
I just had a horrid flashback to ActiveX plugin installation wizards in Windows 98...
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Re:Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackabl... by throwaway2048 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:50PM (#20561718)
extensions could just as easily modify executable you download, or source code.
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