Verifying Github source code is not sufficient, since you don't know the release contains that source code (when downloading fro the store). You'd have to verify signatures
Also, plenty of these extensions have been acquired by data firms or other sketchy places to then add your browser to botnets. If these are absolutely necessary for you, I highly recommend downloading the source and dumping it into Chrome/Edge via developer mode. At least then you know they can't update it in the background and you know what you're running.
Also, plenty of these extensions have been acquired by data firms or other sketchy places to then add your browser to botnets. If these are absolutely necessary for you, I highly recommend downloading the source and dumping it into Chrome/Edge via developer mode. At least then you know they can't update it in the background and you know what you're running.