Hi Kirk! The extension is NOT required to use P-Stream.
Yes, I understand your argument, open source code can still be malicious. I understand if you are unable to read code, but please remember this is a user ran project, designed to be 100% self-hostable.
During the onboarding process, users are given 3 options: the extension, a self hosted proxy, or none (default setup). If you chose the default, the site is still completely usable.
Can you to update your rating? If you need more clarification, feel free to join our discord:
https://discord.gg/7z6znYgrTG