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I was thinking the same thing. The reason that plugins like this, uBlock, and Stylish are so valuable is that they have access to everything on every site by na
by ziml77 6y ago
I was thinking the same thing. The reason that plugins like this, uBlock, and Stylish are so valuable is that they have access to everything on every site by nature. On one hand it sucks to have functionality taken away but on the other hand it protects against potentially large security issues.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago> On one hand it sucks to have functionality taken away but on the other hand it protects against potentially large security issues. Except that it doesn't actually protect against security issues, because v3 manifests don't break the ability to read data, only modify requests. Also, since ads are a vector for malware[0], having an adblocker is a security benefit, not a loss. [0] ex. https://www.extremetech.com/internet/220696-forbes-forces-readers-to-turn-off-ad-blockers-promptly-serves-malware https://www.extremetech.com/internet/220696-forbes-forces-re...
- resynth1943 6y agoThanks for the clarification ;-)