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<blockquote data-quote="Marko :)" data-source="post: 1052138" data-attributes="member: 39702"><p>Best ways to keep your browsing safe from malicious extensions are:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">only use open source extensions</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">before installing, check privacy policy and permissions extension requires</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">never install extensions with small number of installs, bad rating and/or coming from questionable sources</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">never allow extensions you don't trust access to incognito tabs</li> </ol><p>I have nine extensions installed and only two of them have access to incognito tabs: uBlock Origin & Violentmonkey. First one is, obviously, to block ads and second one is for removing annoying Google/YouTube cookie prompts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marko :), post: 1052138, member: 39702"] Best ways to keep your browsing safe from malicious extensions are: [LIST=1] [*]only use open source extensions [*]before installing, check privacy policy and permissions extension requires [*]never install extensions with small number of installs, bad rating and/or coming from questionable sources [*]never allow extensions you don't trust access to incognito tabs [/LIST] I have nine extensions installed and only two of them have access to incognito tabs: uBlock Origin & Violentmonkey. First one is, obviously, to block ads and second one is for removing annoying Google/YouTube cookie prompts. [/QUOTE]
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