Comment on Browser extensions spy on you, even if its developers don'tComments−thrdbndndn3yThe article only talked about how to protect the author to not fall to such "scams", and therefore protect your users.But more often than not, the author of the extension was fully aware of all the consequence came with the deal, the money was just too good to say no.−horsawlarway3yYeah... the article is just lying to you.The developers are accepting cash offers to inject malware into their extension. They know damn well what they're doing, and the good ones... don't.The developers accepting these offers aren't some maligned, innocent party - they are the people spying on you...−extraduder_ire3yI don't think he got paid directly to give it up, but I doubt gorhill planned on anything malicious happening when he gave up his extension.That's the only famous example I can think of though.
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The article only talked about how to protect the author to not fall to such "scams", and therefore protect your users.
But more often than not, the author of the extension was fully aware of all the consequence came with the deal, the money was just too good to say no.
Yeah... the article is just lying to you.
The developers are accepting cash offers to inject malware into their extension. They know damn well what they're doing, and the good ones... don't.
The developers accepting these offers aren't some maligned, innocent party - they are the people spying on you...
I don't think he got paid directly to give it up, but I doubt gorhill planned on anything malicious happening when he gave up his extension.
That's the only famous example I can think of though.