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		000ooo000 on Feb 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vimium – A browser extension that provides Vim-sty... For the privacy-conscious interested in SK, it may be worth a read of this GH issue: https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys/issues/1796 I empathise with the author wanting to make a buck but it's hard to reconcile the approach he took with the level of trust granted to this extension.

zmmmmm on Feb 28, 2023 [–]

it looks more naive than malicious ... I just donated to support him.

But I agree, there is so much trust with extensions like this it isn't even about intent.

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