Mozilla Will Block Firefox Add-Ons That Contain Obfuscated Code -

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[–]cant_even 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Google said:

the company explained its decision by noting that over 70% of malicious and policy violating extensions that they block from Chrome Web Store contain obfuscated code.

...and Mozilla agreed.

That's good enough for me.

My crappy connection delays me more than any millisecond-faster 'execution time' could make up for.

[–]Intuit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the company explained its decision by noting that over 70% of malicious and policy violating extensions that they block from Chrome Web Store contain obfuscated code.

It's flawed to think that therefore blocking obfuscated code will stop 70% of malicious and policy-violating extensions. Initially it will, of course, but those will be modified to pass as non-obfuscated code.