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> An adblock-like browser extension, replaces all ads they see with the own network's ads, which are highly targeted, and hence get much more money than regular
by trunamp 8y ago
> An adblock-like browser extension, replaces all ads they see with the own network's ads, which are highly targeted, and hence get much more money than regular ads for the ad network.
That's all fun and games, as long as you realize that all browser-extensions capture your keypresses, all data on all pages, and et cetera. All browser extensions see everything you do, and everything you type, and et cetera.
- ryanseys 8y agoNo they don't.
- scarface74 8y agoNot necessarily... Ad blockers for iOS don't capture any data. They work by creating a JSON file that is processed by Safari to tell which patterns to block. https://www.infoq.com/articles/safari-content-blockers https://www.infoq.com/articles/safari-content-blockers
- SquareWheel 8y agoWhat a bunch of fear-mongering... Browser extensions are subject to a permissions system, just like apps. Their code is also fully visible to you, and fully sandboxed. The only real danger to extensions right now is that they can auto-update without a user review, and thus can "turn evil". It's happened to a handful of popular extensions (eg. Stylish). Requiring the user to manually update extensions has its own share of problems though, so I'm not even sure if I disagree with browsers makers decision to auto-update. But the claim that "all extensions are keyloggers" is just blatant nonsense.
- lunuxiu 8y agoMust be a lot of extension-developers here. Looks like your comment got moddet to bits.
- ionised 8y agoPlease don't open new accounts just to reply to your own misinformed comments.
- jarfil 8y agoThis isn't 2010 anymore, WebExtensions depend on permissions given by the user, and while this still could be improved, it is no longer a "free for all" like it used to be.