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Those 99% of addons are not about adding strong security and good practices to your browser hence do not bear the same expectations.

I would be disappointed if a security add on could easily be circumvented because of a poor choice of distribution.

Keep in mind that such security addons may be used by activists and journalists in hostile environments, you do have a different opinion when overlooking this kind of details could mean imprisonment and torture.



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