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Google Chrome 25 Will Disable Silent Extension Installation

Posted by timothy on from the now-you-must-shout dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google on Friday announced that it is changing its stance for silently installing extensions in its browser. As of Chrome 25, external extension deployment options on Windows will be disabled by default and all extensions previously installed using them will be automatically disabled."

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  1. Re:Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fact: saying fact before a statement makes it an inarguable universal truth.
    Pro-tip: use the Fact: prefix before making stating any opinion in an online forum.

    FWIW I happen to agree. But for $DEITY's sake, just state your case.

  2. Re:Yeah! by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pro-tip: use the Fact: prefix before making stating any opinion in an online forum.

    And adding the "Period" suffix after your opinion makes it a universal truth. Period.

  3. Re:Yeah! by symbolset · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I guess the only reasonable response to this is: don't eat lead-based paint chips. Your post has nothing to do with my post.

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