▲ 109 ▼ Google continues pulling the plug on Manifest v2 • The Register (www.theregister.com) submitted 1 year ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@beehaw.org 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Install Firefox!
[–] nocteb@feddit.org 26 points 1 year ago (2 children) uBlock Origin is open source and can be freely audited by everyone. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Does anyone check that updated versions pushed to the extension store, match the available source, and have no extra "features" included? uBlock (not Origin) was also open source, then it got sold to AdBlock, which also had been sold, to a company that charges advertisers to bypass it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nocteb@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago uBO is in Firefox' "recommended add-ons" list which are reviewed after every update. You can check their criteria here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-program permalink fedilink source parent [–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yes, but other extensions are not and can access the same permissions. They can even steal the unlock origin source code to do so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nocteb@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) They could but only after you installed them and explicitly gave them the permission to do so. i don't get your point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago The point is that under offering users the ability to have all network requests altered is not secure. The user needs to authorize it and there are valid reasons to do so, but there are also bad actors, that will misuse that. I am pretty security conscious, but I can't tell you which extensions have which permissions on which devices I use, between Firefox, chrome, safari on windows 10,11, android, iOS and opensuse. Placing all the responsibility on the user just removes it from where it should be, which is privacy focused code. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Does anyone check that updated versions pushed to the extension store, match the available source, and have no extra "features" included? uBlock (not Origin) was also open source, then it got sold to AdBlock, which also had been sold, to a company that charges advertisers to bypass it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nocteb@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago uBO is in Firefox' "recommended add-ons" list which are reviewed after every update. You can check their criteria here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-program permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nocteb@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago uBO is in Firefox' "recommended add-ons" list which are reviewed after every update. You can check their criteria here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-program permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yes, but other extensions are not and can access the same permissions. They can even steal the unlock origin source code to do so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nocteb@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) They could but only after you installed them and explicitly gave them the permission to do so. i don't get your point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago The point is that under offering users the ability to have all network requests altered is not secure. The user needs to authorize it and there are valid reasons to do so, but there are also bad actors, that will misuse that. I am pretty security conscious, but I can't tell you which extensions have which permissions on which devices I use, between Firefox, chrome, safari on windows 10,11, android, iOS and opensuse. Placing all the responsibility on the user just removes it from where it should be, which is privacy focused code. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nocteb@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) They could but only after you installed them and explicitly gave them the permission to do so. i don't get your point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago The point is that under offering users the ability to have all network requests altered is not secure. The user needs to authorize it and there are valid reasons to do so, but there are also bad actors, that will misuse that. I am pretty security conscious, but I can't tell you which extensions have which permissions on which devices I use, between Firefox, chrome, safari on windows 10,11, android, iOS and opensuse. Placing all the responsibility on the user just removes it from where it should be, which is privacy focused code. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago The point is that under offering users the ability to have all network requests altered is not secure. The user needs to authorize it and there are valid reasons to do so, but there are also bad actors, that will misuse that. I am pretty security conscious, but I can't tell you which extensions have which permissions on which devices I use, between Firefox, chrome, safari on windows 10,11, android, iOS and opensuse. Placing all the responsibility on the user just removes it from where it should be, which is privacy focused code. permalink fedilink source parent