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AdrianCX • yesterday at 12:19 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Just did a quick search, OpenVSX has no extension signing?, no verifications?, what year is this...

This could have been avoided by having extensions signed by company doing them with keys and review


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darkwi11ow • yesterday at 12:22 PM

Yeah OpenVSX security is a joke, they also have dumb search algorithm which allows for easy squatting of similar-looking extension names so they show up in search first when you look for official extensions. There were quite a few prominent hacks done that way. I think Microsoft likes OpenVSX situation because it allows them to claim their proprietary VSCode marketplace to be more secure.

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