Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions

Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by matheusmoreira on Saturday May 29, 2021 @02:15PM (#27327106)

Yeah. The only extensions people should install are uBlock Origin and EFF extensions like Privacy Badger. All others are potential malware.

I get downvoted a lot every time I post this here.

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by gentleman11 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @01:36PM (#27334929)

The downvotes are probably from talking about downvotes, as per site rules?

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by matheusmoreira on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:34PM (#27389916)

I never mentioned downvotes before though.

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by ant6n on Saturday May 29, 2021 @03:28PM (#27327646)

But the question is, how can I install uBlock Origin knowing I got the official version and not a malware infested one.

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by rand0mx1 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @03:35PM (#27327698)

You can follow ublock origin subreddit

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by ant6n on Saturday May 29, 2021 @04:19PM (#27327973)

You'd think that download links would be prominently feautured on subreddit, but its not the case: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by gorhill on Saturday May 29, 2021 @05:48PM (#27328494)

The official "home" of uBlock Origin is the GitHub repo[1], you will find all the correct information there.

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Re:Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions by throwaway45209 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @07:06AM (#27332345)

Also HTTPS Everywhere by EFF, which can also be used for example to redirect from reddit.com to old.reddit.com.

Also Mozilla's own extensions - 'Firefox Multi-Account Containers' and 'Facebook Container'.

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