Yes! Been waiting for a uBlock Origin for Safari for a while.
I looked into Ellis Tsung, the listed dev, but can't find much about him. The LinkedIn profile most likely (IMO) to be his only has 35 contacts and I've never heard of his other projects listed on his personal webpage. Throwing this out here in case somebody as something to add.
The most important aspect one should look for in an app (/extension) before installation is whether or not the dev is sufficiently trustworthy. Not yet sure about this individual.
Also, if we're making wish lists, somebody please look into uMatrix for Safari!
Aren't safari extensions vetted before they can be hosted by apple? I am asking because the page mentions it will be available on safari extension store eventually. Will that still be a problem?
Safari still accepts packaged extensions not hosted by Apple but typically requires them to be signed. I think the concern here is only partially whether this person is doing something malicious - that seems quite unlikely.
uBlock's author previously gave control of the uBlock project to someone who worked on the Safari port and this person turned out to be a (young, but I guess you can start anytime) sleazebag. uBlock's author ended up renaming his project uBlock Origin end eventually stopped contributing/backporting his work into the Safari port. The Safari port essentially died.
It's great that someone is picking this up again and wary and hopeful users are looking for some indication this seemingly awesome person is not a sleazebag.
I dunno. If the source is available and has enough eyeballs, then trust in the author is still important but less so than someone providing binaries based on closed sources. As I feel Microsoft has taken a long time to learn.
No, not really. Once I install the extension, unless I do something unusual, I've signed up to automatically download and run whatever code is signed with the right key and put in the update channel. If the dev isn't trustworthy, I'm almost certainly going to be hosed before I know I have a problem. Being able to see exactly how I got hosed, after the fact, is somewhat cold comfort.
Well, they created an unauditable mess of an operating system with numerous security vulnerabilities while using their monopolistic hold on the PC market to hold back better solutions.
I disagree with GP's point about "enough eyeballs". Heartbleed et al showed us that bugs can lie in plain sight for years.
I looked into Ellis Tsung, the listed dev, but can't find much about him. The LinkedIn profile most likely (IMO) to be his only has 35 contacts and I've never heard of his other projects listed on his personal webpage. Throwing this out here in case somebody as something to add.
The most important aspect one should look for in an app (/extension) before installation is whether or not the dev is sufficiently trustworthy. Not yet sure about this individual.
Also, if we're making wish lists, somebody please look into uMatrix for Safari!