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Even if there was it wouldn't help you - extensions regularly get sold to scammers who can push whatever update they want. I documented an extension with a few hundred thousand install base, that got sold and turned into malware. Overnight went from tens of lines of code un obfuscated to 10k+ lines obfuscated. Then they flooded the extensions review pages with fake reviews to burry complaints. I got a ticket open thru a contact which to Google's credit they investigated but they decided it wasn't violating enough policies to take any action.

loa_in_ · 6h ago

The source is part of the package, at worst minified, obfuscated, pulling code from external sources. You can inspect it yourself by unpacking the extension installation package and browsing the JavaScript.

bix6 · 5h ago

So what you read every line of JavaScript? Or you have some tool for that? I personally can’t imagine catching every potential issue, especially something sneaky, from source.

azalemeth · 5h ago

Behind! The online safety act makes netziens safer again!

ElijahLynn · 5h ago

This needs to be reported to Chromestore, en masse.

rs186 · 3h ago

And Google will do nothing about it.

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