Add to Chrome? - Part 2: How We Did Our Research
Analyzing the content and security implications of browser extensions is a complex task! It's almost like trying to piece together a complex jigsaw puzzle (thanks JavaScript). Automation is a key way to reduce this complexity without adding to the workload of security staff. With so many extensions to inspect (we analyzed more than 140,000 of them), automating small portions of that analysis provided a big impact.