> Apparently recent versions of this extension have been taken over by a shady anonymous entity...
That's something that worries me, whenever I install a software with trusted privileges.
Software companies can sell their products -- and user base -- to other companies without notice.
And it can be even worse in the free software world: think about all the updates that happen when you type `apt-get|yum|brew|npm|pip update`. What are the odds of a single dependency being taken over by a shady anonymous entity?
That's something that worries me, whenever I install a software with trusted privileges.
Software companies can sell their products -- and user base -- to other companies without notice.
And it can be even worse in the free software world: think about all the updates that happen when you type `apt-get|yum|brew|npm|pip update`. What are the odds of a single dependency being taken over by a shady anonymous entity?