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		nneonneo on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Google paid websites to promote Firefox Extensions are potentially worse - they can be quite hidden while still doing naughty things to your browsing history or even the pages you visit.

ipaddr on March 31, 2023 | [–]

That's what toolbars did.

j16sdiz on March 31, 2023 | | [–]

and toolbars are not sandboxed.

Back in those days, nothing (except java) in the browser is sandboxed.

sdfghswe on March 31, 2023 | [–]

Oh you think that all "toolbars" are visible. That's so endearing.

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