Not sure if this would make you feel any better, but there's a similar extension...

Not sure if this would make you feel any better, but there's a similar extension called ClearURLs[1] (I'm not affiliated with it, but I do have it installed) for Firefox which is one of their "Recommended Extentions"[2] which have passed their reviews for security.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/

[2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-...