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		m4rtink 56 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data If the RPM/deb comes from a Linux distribution then there is a good chance there is a separate maintainer and the binary package is always built from the source code by the distro. Also if the upstream developer goes malicious there is a good chance at least one of the distro maintainers will notice and both prevent the bad source code being built for the distro & notify others.

pocksuppet 56 days ago [–]

Browser extensions come from the Chrome/Firefox addon store, though and not through distros.

m4rtink 56 days ago | [–]

And maybe that's why we have the problem that is being discussed ? No third party that would audit and build extensions from source.

LtWorf 56 days ago | | [–]

Everybody seems to hate distributions though.

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