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Google's 7-year slog to improve Chrome extensions still hasn't satisfied developers
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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 1117895" data-attributes="member: 71262"><p>How exactly? Even [USER=28093]@gorhill[/USER] states that security is not better due to Google's implementation of MV3. And of course, without a secure Chrome Web Store, no extension is really secure.</p><p></p><p>The first link provides a great look at some of the security pitfalls.</p><p><a href="https://palant.info/2025/02/03/analysis-of-an-advanced-malicious-chrome-extension/" target="_blank">Analysis of an advanced malicious Chrome extension</a></p><p><a href="https://palant.info/2025/01/13/chrome-web-store-is-a-mess/" target="_blank">Chrome Web Store is a mess</a></p><p><a href="https://palant.info/2023/05/31/more-malicious-extensions-in-chrome-web-store/" target="_blank">More malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store</a></p><p><a href="https://palant.info/2023/06/08/another-cluster-of-potentially-malicious-chrome-extensions/" target="_blank">Another cluster of potentially malicious Chrome extensions</a></p><p><a href="https://palant.info/2024/10/30/the-karma-connection-in-chrome-web-store/" target="_blank">The Karma connection in Chrome Web Store</a></p><p><a href="https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/blog/dangerous-chrome-extensions-87-million/26168/" target="_blank">Malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 1117895, member: 71262"] How exactly? Even [USER=28093]@gorhill[/USER] states that security is not better due to Google's implementation of MV3. And of course, without a secure Chrome Web Store, no extension is really secure. The first link provides a great look at some of the security pitfalls. [URL='https://palant.info/2025/02/03/analysis-of-an-advanced-malicious-chrome-extension/']Analysis of an advanced malicious Chrome extension[/URL] [URL='https://palant.info/2025/01/13/chrome-web-store-is-a-mess/']Chrome Web Store is a mess[/URL] [URL='https://palant.info/2023/05/31/more-malicious-extensions-in-chrome-web-store/']More malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store[/URL] [URL='https://palant.info/2023/06/08/another-cluster-of-potentially-malicious-chrome-extensions/']Another cluster of potentially malicious Chrome extensions[/URL] [URL='https://palant.info/2024/10/30/the-karma-connection-in-chrome-web-store/']The Karma connection in Chrome Web Store[/URL] [URL='https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/blog/dangerous-chrome-extensions-87-million/26168/']Malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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