Internet Duct Tape has a post up talking about GreaseMonkey, how to install it and how nice it can be.
I thought it was funny though, that upon following the link to Userscripts.org you are greeted with a large red banner that gives a dire warning:
“A malicious user is uploading scripts that steal cookies.
Extra caution is recommended when installing recently uploaded/updated scripts.“
The resulting thread is full of good information on the topic, as well as a good number of poor souls who aren’t tech savvy but were using GreaseMonkey. It is too bad that Userscripts.org has to deal with malicious people. Thankfully it is just a case of people grabbing scripts, adding code to farm cookies, and re-uploading them as a new version. Shouldn’t be hard to track, but it still creates somewhat of a minefield for the users.
GreaseMonkey looks like a very nice plug-in for Firefox, but it should come with a good warning for the less technical people. User created content and plug-ins are definitely good in the long run, but you do have to be a bit wary.
