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Being forced to see and potentially click on ads is a security hole. I trust uBlock and gorhill more than I trust Google.
by Miraste 4y ago
Being forced to see and potentially click on ads is a security hole. I trust uBlock and gorhill more than I trust Google.
- macNchz 4y agoThis is what prompted me to start blocking ads many years ago…there’s simply too much malicious advertising out there and the corporations involved have the wrong incentives to deal with it properly. As long as ad networks allow arbitrary code to run, and content designed to trick users, I prefer to centralize on a single source of potential risk (the extension developer) rather than the moving target of malicious ads from myriad sources. A recent example readily avoided by not allowing the ad to run in the first place: https://www.securityweek.com/webkit-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-malvertising-operation/ https://www.securityweek.com/webkit-zero-day-vulnerability-e...
- hgsgm 4y ago*"uBlock Origin" . "uBlock" stole the new from gorhill.