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		nallerooth on Aug 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Most Dangerous Code in the Web Browser One part of the problem is that most of the extensions are updated silently in the background. Some extensions fire up a new tab with a page displaying new features and such, but this is not a requirement in any way.

deian on Aug 4, 2015 [–]

Even worse, they only update if they don't need any additional permissions. Thus incentivizing developers to ask for more permissions up front.

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