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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Google is transitioning Chrome's extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
This means users won't be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
However, there's a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn't boast the original version's comprehensive ad-blocking features.

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[–] [email protected] 223 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that even the United States FBI recommended using ad blocking extensions to protect yourself online.

https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I always wondered about this and how all the ad blocking apps have complete access to every webpage you visit.

Also to add to this, its made a little weirder considering ad blocking makes you more susceptible to fingerprinting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yea, that is what gets me too, when I look at the blockers to use; Ad blockers have access to all keystrokes, forms and pages. They have access to my banking and other codes when I use them .

While I am sure the more popular blockers do not abuse this, and the code most likely checked line by line. It’s still possible for a handful of mistakes to allow supply chain attacks or a dozen other things to happen.

It worries me, so I don’t use them as extension and use security elsewhere