Most extensions are installed from a dedicated market for the browser you use. One might think those extensions have been fully vetted and safe, yet Bleeping Computer reported on August 7, 2025, that ...

Visual Studio Code extensions have been identified exploiting a loophole that allows reuse of names from removed packages ...

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