I still use the Little Rat extension, it shows a little notification when an extension does a network request, and lets you see quickly what type and where. It can also block requests (doesn't seem to work all the time in Brave now, even with the flag on), activate and deactivate extensions: https://github.com/dnakov/little-rat There's also this site that I've used from time to time to audit extensions quickly:... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

3. Use https://chrome-stats.com/ to check the extensions' pedigree, they have a trust meter based on the amount of permissions asked, how long has the developer been around, etc. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

Disable them one by one (restarting Opera after each) to see which one is the culprit. The Animal Crossing one used to be in the Chrome web store but was removed, so start with that one. Then, search for the ID for each Chrome extension at https://chrome-stats.com/ to see the risk assessment. Source: about 3 years ago

Https://chrome-stats.com let’s you download most extensions for chrome. Source: almost 4 years ago

A short while back, I launched https://chrome-stats.com/ to analyze Chrome extensions in Chrome Web Store. Using these data, I am now able to identify some potentially malicious Chrome extensions. I have incorporated some of the logics used in this blog post with Brian Krebs (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/using-fake-reviews-to-find-dangerous-extensions/) to provide a "Safety" metrics for each Chrome... Source: about 5 years ago

If you like that workflow you might love CheepCode[0] which I built specifically to support it! CheepCode connects to Linear and works on tickets as they roll in, submitting PRs to GitHub. [0] https://cheepcode.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago