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		barumrho on Oct 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Karma connection in Chrome Web Store I've decided that browser extensions are too much of a security/privacy risk. I just stick with 1password extension and an ad blocker extension that uses Safari's Content Blocker API only. And then from time to time I have a dedicated profile on Chrome to use other extensions that might be useful, but I don't do day-to-day browsing there.

blibble on Oct 30, 2024 [–]

I'm similar

I have all relatives set up with a separate browser for e.g. banking, and it has no extensions at all

then the usual internet browsing one with the security nightmare than is the chrome/firefox app store

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