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Protecting Windows users from malicious extensions

8 pointsby sathyabhatover 11 years ago

2 comments

chealdover 11 years ago
Ugh, this I am not okay with. You already have to jump through a number of hoops to sideload extensions; when you do so, you&#x27;re assuming the risk associated with it.<p>Requiring all extensions to go through the Chrome store seems like a step down a very dark path to me.
TheLoneWolflingover 11 years ago
&quot;Protecting&quot;