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Excuse me if im misunderstanding something but what exactly am i making up?
You admit you don't understand extension development, but then present a conspiratorial hypothesis that has zero data to support it. How about the Researcher is wrong and no malware is being installed. Even the headline says 'claims' instead of 'data proves'.
Did i say malware is being installed? And am i not allowed to hypothesize?
I see the security hole. I imagine some ways it could be abused by an attacker. I admit I am not knowledgable in extension development to make it clear those are hypothesized ideas. Hell theyre even phrased like question? I even agree this is not directly malware and that saying so is a stretch.