That's because, quite simply, use of extensions _is_ an extremely scary thing. How do you know what an extension will do with access to all your browsing data?
And as Adam Barth says, it is very true that Firefox extensions are even scarier, with full system execute ability. Of course you can say this is true for all extensions and in fact all software, which of course it is. Without relying on reviews/ratings/ comments from other users (which you also have to blindly trust as well), what else can you do? On Dec 10, 10:23 am, Adam Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Chris Marino > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Finally, I'm curious to know if this same kind of data access is > > available to FF extensions? Or, does Chrome handle this in some > > different way? > > Firefox extensions have much more access to your system. In addition > to being able to interact with every web page, Firefox extensions can > run arbitrary code on your machine. That means they can do anything > to your computer that you can. > > Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
