Re:Introducing chrome.scripting
by stan_rogers on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @03:40AM
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Okay. How about buying something that was legitimately food when you bought it, but updates to poison - and there's really no choice about allowing updates, since previously safe foodstuffs can become poison if left as purchased - in your cupboard?
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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.
Why would it be sarcastic? Malware authors buy legitimate extensions for mountains of cash and then stick spyware in them. Users have no idea their previously good and trusted extension is now malware.