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Re:Chrome extensions spying on 37M users' browsing data by anonymars on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:43AM (#46974865)
Don't forget to channel Ken Thompson ("Reflections on Trusting Trust") -- you can read the source code, but where did you get the compiler?
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Re:Chrome extensions spying on 37M users' browsing data by fsflover on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:54AM (#46975706)
This can be mitigated by Bootstrappable builds: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41368835
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