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by phonebucket 1207 days ago
I used to use a Vimium-FF (a Firefox version). I love the better browsing ergonomics.

But, after some thought, I realise that allowing such extension simply requires trusting a third party app access to so much of my personal information. They (understandably) need the ability to read every page I browse. Vimium-FF even requires clipboard access.

I do believe the authors have the best intentions. But the amount of trust I need to have in order for a third party app to have so much access to some of my most confidential information (online banking, emails etc.) is very very high.