He founded PCWorld's "World Beyond Windows" column, which covered the latest developments in open-source operating systems like Linux and Chrome OS. He also wrote the USA's most-saved article of 2021, according to Pocket.Ĭhris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf.
Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. If it has mixed feedback or much fewer users, that's a bad sign.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. If the extension is established and has a large number of users, good feedback in the store, and positive reviews on other websites, that's a good sign. If the extension was created by someone you don't know, be more careful. If the extension is created by a company you trust-like the many extensions created by companies like Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook-you know it's likely safe. If the extension requires quite a few permissions, you'll have to evaluate it like you would a desktop program. A browser maker will often only get around to removing an extension after it's caused problems for many people who have it installed. In reality, though, browser makers don't test every extension-or every update to a legitimate extension-to confirm it's safe. The company in charge of the store can remove an add-on from the store if it's doing something bad. In theory, browser extensions available in the Chrome Web Store, Mozilla Add-ons website, and Windows Store are monitored by Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft, respectively. It's just as dangerous for your web browsing data as installing a desktop program, so you should treat the decision just as carefully. If you're giving an extension access to all the websites you visit, that extension could potentially capture your online banking passwords and credit card numbers or insert ads in the pages you view. Which Browser Extensions Should You Trust?
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