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Some time ago I tried Bitdefender on Windows and it immediately MitMed itself so that it could append green check marks after every search result on Google to s
by hs86 7y ago
Some time ago I tried Bitdefender on Windows and it immediately MitMed itself so that it could append green check marks after every search result on Google to signal me that that site is 'safe'.
There was no browser extension from Bitdefender involved and it applied to all installed browsers. Maybe browsers and Microsoft should actively fight this??
There is also AdGuard for Windows/Mac/Android which does this in order to block ads without the involvement of a browser extension. While this sounds like a bad alternative to uBlock Origin, it could be a necessary workaround in the future if Google succeeds with their Manifest V3 'conspiracy' against ad blockers. On Android it is also a better alternative to DNS/hosts based ad blockers because it won't leave blank ad placeholders in Chrome.