Installing Every* Firefox Extension
5 hours ago
- #Web Security
- #Firefox
- #Browser Extensions
- Successfully scraped and attempted to install every Firefox extension, revealing a total of approximately 84,194 extensions.
- Identified the largest extension at 196.3 MB, while the smallest was just 7,518 bytes with no code.
- Discovered significant issues including phishing extensions, SEO spam, and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) with over 700,000 total users.
- Encountered performance challenges when installing all extensions, with Firefox becoming unstable beyond 6,000 extensions and requiring extensive memory (27-37 GiB).
- Noted that 34.3% of extensions have no daily users, and 19% have no users, reviews, screenshots, downloads, or icons.