One of my Opera (Presto web engine, European owned) extension was featured on the front page and became very popular. Somebody wanted to purchase it from me for a good amount. During the negotiation, I said I would take down the extension and provide all source code to them so they could distribute it themselves. They said they expected me to hand over my Opera extension account credential too to them. Long story short, I backed out.
So yeah, I support your assertion that while something like this is somewhat useful, a better thing would be some kind of malware scanner for extensions.
So yeah, I support your assertion that while something like this is somewhat useful, a better thing would be some kind of malware scanner for extensions.