# How to trust applications with many permissions or having large size?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/how-to-trust-applications-with-many-permissions-or-having-large-size/16017
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2024-01-05T00:21:44Z
**Posts:** 4
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## Post 2 by @exaCORE — 2024-01-05T03:36:14Z

There is no surefire way, this exchange may be of interest to you: [Is it safe to install a "companion app" with a Firefox extension? - #17 by Average\_Joe](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/is-it-safe-to-install-a-companion-app-with-a-firefox-extension/15127/17)

As i said in one of my replies there:

> There is no way to be 100% sure, but if its actively supported and generally well known it tends to be OK. One place i like to take a look at for software is the Arch Wiki – it has lots of recommendations, but you should always do your own research as some of the recommendations/suggestions are unsupported.

> As an Arch user, I usually obtain software from the Arch official repositories, and if it isn’t there i will go to the AUR. I know that is blasphemous to many privacy and security concerned people due to it being community run, essentially untrusted and whatnot, but i like the OS integration. Also, i always thoroughly vet the software before installing, choose AUR packages that many other users use, look at the AUR packager’s other AUR packages and read the PKGBUILD before installing

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