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		TazeTSchnitzel on May 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All extensions disabled due to expiration of inter... Because they don't want trojans to hijack the browser. If the user can change the signing preference, any application can.

lordlimecat on May 4, 2019 | [–]

It is not possible for a user land application to prevent root processes from hijacking / modifying it. Such protection requires the protecting mechanism to run at a higher level of trust / security ring than the attacker.

SilasX on May 4, 2019 | [–]

Yes, the sibling comment and thread already brought that up.

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