Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?

Link to the list of extensions at the end of the article

Krudler
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I’ll save everybody a click because it’s what we all want to know. “Dog Facts Unlimited” extension is on the list.

Stewbs
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“Cat Facts Unleashed” too… My heart is sinking and I am dying now…

Cyberwolf
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164d

My disappointment is immesurable and my day is ruined.

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94d

fuck… 😭

randomcruft
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33d

Thank you so much for this!!

XNX
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24d

Dark Reader is on the list :(

That is not THE Dark Reader! Only this knock off for the edge browser is affected.

XNX
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83d

Oh wow thanks for letting me know!

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youtube unhook is too. very dissappointing they were both recommended by mozilla.

we really need a better way to audit these extensions… and now we really need a new dark mode extension.

oh shit. I used to use this but removed later after realizing it wasn’t open source.

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i thought it was 😭

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