Re:Emails a browser extension developer gets from scammers
by avereveard on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:43AM
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> little is talked about here
the problem is that the hive mind has no clue, and downvotes like maniacs facts it doesn't like. here's a previously discussion of what means the read all extension permission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21336246 with all the factual, sourced post downvoted and a chain of people with finger in their hears singing lalalala
_of course_ I rarely bring up the topic anymore; once enough people get burned they'll learn on their own anyway, I guess.
the problem is that the hive mind has no clue, and downvotes like maniacs facts it doesn't like. here's a previously discussion of what means the read all extension permission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21336246 with all the factual, sourced post downvoted and a chain of people with finger in their hears singing lalalala
_of course_ I rarely bring up the topic anymore; once enough people get burned they'll learn on their own anyway, I guess.