Google, Mozilla Ban Hundreds of Browser Extensions in Chrome, Firefox

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by Minimalist, Jan 28, 2020.

  1. Minimalist

    Minimalist Registered Member

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    https://threatpost.com/google-mozilla-ban-browser-extensions-chrome-firefox/
     
  2. Rasheed187

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    It's crazy when you think about it, so before this ban, people where free to download all of this crap. Surely, Google and Mozilla can do a better job.
     
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    There is too much extensions being developed to manually check them all.
     
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    Exactly, so they need to figure out how to improve their automated controls. Because clearly it's crap right now.
     
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