UBlock origin is your friend.
If you can’t install it because you’re using chrome, switch to a real browser :)
If you can’t install it because you’re using chrome, switch to a real browser :)
But yeah it's kind of delusional to put a blanket ban on code you could read yourself.
uBlock origin is 307k lines of code. Yes, you could read it all, but its an impractical task.
Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting uBO is untrustworthy, but just because a piece of software is open source doesn't mean it is practical for an individual to audit the code themselves.
I'm sure typing this comment and sending it over the internet involves billions of lines of code running on countless pieces of hardware. Of course there has to be some level of trust somewhere.
How do you keep track of this? Yes you can read the diffs, but not really practical.
I'll just wait until Firefox ships with a secure sandbox for extensions.