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		troels on Aug 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Think Twice Before Installing Any Chrome Extension Ah yes, but how can I trust that "Extension Gallery and Web Store Inspector" is safe to install?

RyanMcGreal on Aug 18, 2011 | [–]

Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/250/

cosgroveb on Aug 18, 2011 | | [–]

I'm not sure how you can download an extension before installing but in Ubuntu after you've installed it you can look at the source under ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Extensions/ (or in Windows C:\Users\You\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User)

d0vs on Aug 18, 2011 | [–]

You can inspect it too

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