Comments on: Are Firefox Addons and Plugins Safe to Use? http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/ Blogging on Software Reviews, Hardware, Downloads, Technology, Search Engines, AdSense, AdWords, Firefox, Windows, HowTo, Tips and Tricks, SEO, programming and web 2.0 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:53:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Seraph http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/#comment-6369 Seraph Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:24:05 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/#comment-6369 I have been wondering about this very question and had trouble finding a definitive answer. (There should be a word for googling something incorrectly -misgoogling? ) There **should** be some central authority that passes/fails add-ons. I would think some group of people would be willing to step up and do this -- there are plenty of people who volunteer their time to further the development of Linux distributions, why not this? For example: FireFTP. I've heard it's decent, but how do I know some server out there doesn't store my FTP usernames and passwords each time I use it? As Raj said, unless you know coding, you can't verify it yourself. Thanks for the article. I have been wondering about this very question and had trouble finding a definitive answer. (There should be a word for googling something incorrectly -misgoogling? ) There **should** be some central authority that passes/fails add-ons. I would think some group of people would be willing to step up and do this — there are plenty of people who volunteer their time to further the development of Linux distributions, why not this? For example: FireFTP. I’ve heard it’s decent, but how do I know some server out there doesn’t store my FTP usernames and passwords each time I use it? As Raj said, unless you know coding, you can’t verify it yourself.

Thanks for the article.

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/#comment-5619 Raj Tue, 15 May 2007 19:47:11 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/#comment-5619 Binny, Now that's something you and me can do but not many others who don't know coding ;) There are thousands of people with limited or no knowledge of any programming language but are big fans of Firefox. :) They may never be able to scan through the code to find any security issues. May be there is some other way out :) hhmm... Binny,
Now that’s something you and me can do but not many others who don’t know coding ;) There are thousands of people with limited or no knowledge of any programming language but are big fans of Firefox. :) They may never be able to scan through the code to find any security issues. May be there is some other way out :) hhmm…

]]> By: Binny V A http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/#comment-5615 Binny V A Tue, 15 May 2007 17:48:01 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2007/05/are-firefox-addons-and-plugins-safe-to-use/#comment-5615 Thats a good point. Fortunately it is possible to get the source of the plugins. Just rename the file to a zip extension (plugin.xpi becomes plugin.zip) and extract the source. Once you get the source, you can go thru it to make sure that there is no malicious stuff. Thats a good point. Fortunately it is possible to get the source of the plugins. Just rename the file to a zip extension (plugin.xpi becomes plugin.zip) and extract the source. Once you get the source, you can go thru it to make sure that there is no malicious stuff.

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