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Alas the Great Suspender just fell prey to malware after its creator sold it off: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25846504

I think Apple have the right idea with app review on browser extensions for Safari.

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The other nice thing about Safari’s approach is that for common extension functionality it is just a set of rules that are executed. So no malware can be run because extension code isn’t actually reading the dom. Nor does it have access to load remote resources.

I hear that a lot of companies are doing unethical things. Maybe the government should only grant corporations to form which are headed by approved people?

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Not a bad idea, even if sarcastic.

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