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> Manifest V3 will stop this by limiting what Google describes "remotely hosted code." All updates, even to benign things like a filtering list, will need to ha
by duringmath 3y ago
> Manifest V3 will stop this by limiting what Google describes "remotely hosted code." All updates, even to benign things like a filtering list, will need to happen through full extension updates through the Chrome Web Store. They will all be subject to Chrome Web Store reviews process, and that comes with a significant time delay.
So the author can't think of any other reason for this change other than to "slow down ad blocker updates"
Well how about stuff like this: https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670 https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670
Where an extension dev details offers to "monetize" his extension and basically perform a bait and switch and make it malicious.
Pretending that V3 is all about ad blockers is more than a little disingenuous.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoMV3 does not stop those monetization offers. I don’t understand why you think they would stop. Source: I have two open-source extensions with almost 1,000,000 active daily users combined, and the MV3 versions still elicit offers for me to sell them
- duringmath 3y agoIt might not stop the offers coming but it might stop you from taking up one or more of them.
- NBPEL 3y agoHow ? If you are offered 2 meals, it's YOUR choice to take 1 or 2, it's all about yourself. MV3 won't even prevent this one bit.
- duringmath 3y agoMalicious extensions are less likely to make it passed the review process. That in turn should deter bad actors from monkeying with their extensions but more importantly it makes it less likely that malicious extensions make their way to users browsers.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoThe review process is the same for MV2 and MV3 extensions.
- duringmath 3y agoFor now.
- sourcefrog 3y agoYes, there seem to be really valid security concerns about the current extension interface. Perhaps Google is making the wrong tradeoffs here. I don't know, it's very complicated, but the article is not really engaging with those tradeoffs.
- kelnos 3y agoExcept that it doesn't seem MV3 actually solves any of those security problems.