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If you're wondering why: https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack

• magicalhippo 2y ago
  I consider uBlock Origin to be my first line of defense against malware, with the lack of ads as a nice side effect.
  • infotapeworm 2y ago
    The lack of ads is protection against malware, considering Google & Bing PPC ads have deeply contributed to the malware ecosystem.
    • magicalhippo 2y ago
      Yeah that's my point. I meant the lack of visual (and sometimes audible!) noise they introduce.
• rolph 2y ago
  it may be useful to examine what has been suppressed. https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/2834 https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/... the goodguys now live here: https://polyfill-fastly.io/ https://polyfill-fastly.io/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240229133014/https://polyfill-fastly.io/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240229133014/https://polyfill-...
  • aspenmayer 2y ago
    I think that Issue # you linked was deleted by the repo owner, but the one below is related to the same issue and is still up: https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/2873 https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/...
    • rolph 2y ago
      for me they are both now behind a signin. it doesnt take long. i find it muchmore telling that it is being sanitized. that givves me a reason to believe its intentional behavior
• ChrisArchitect 2y ago
  More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40791829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40791829