Comments on: Think Before Plugging In

By: Sonal Sinha

Sonal Sinha — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:23:14 +0000

Pay attention to user agreements and licenses that accompany plugins. In particular, pay attention to what these documents state about your privacy. If anything raises an eyebrow then investigate further.Regards,Sonal Sinha

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By: Carl Pruitt

Carl Pruitt — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:16:11 +0000

Thanks for this information. It is all too easy to assume that plug-ins have been vetted for malware and vulnerabilities! It certainly makes sense to keep the number of plug-ins used to a minimum, and also to otherwise safeguard you passwords and private information and not leave them stored in your browser!

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:10:51 +0000

I wasn’t aware of the malware discovered in the plugin mentioned in the mozilla blog, thankfully I scaled back on using unnecessary plugin these days. I’m a little shocked to see the company in which the malware was found, I used to use that plugin, but that was a long time ago.Anyway, I completely agree with your point 7. Password managers are very convenient. Especially when you can print out a nicely organized list of username+passwords rather than writing down passwords randomly and losing them. But our username and passwords are so important that we need to be extremely picky when we choose a software (or plugin) to store this vital information. Generally, I love using smaller companies to support the underdogs, but in this case a well-known creator may be safer.

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