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Over 80 Chrome Extensions Found Selling Their Users Data - And It’s All Completely Legal (layerxsecurity.com)
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  • A network of 24 media extensions that are installed on 800,000 users and collected viewing data and demographic information on major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, Apple TV, and others
  • 12 separate ad blockers with a combined install base of over 5.5 million users openly selling user data
  • Nearly 50 other extensions, with over 100,000 users in aggregate, that collected and resold users’ browsing data
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[–] 148 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Nobody should still be using Chrome after they killed proper ad blocking. The browser is a legitimate security threat.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    They killed uBlock Origin. Fortunately uBlock Origin Lite has been working with Cromite, but I'm holding onto my Ungoogled Chromium install with full uBlock Origin till my dying breath.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    But why do you love helping Google control web standards, when you could just be using a Mozilla-based browser instead?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Now hold up there, pardner! I didn't mention that I also use IronFox and LibreWolf/Mullvad! And honestly, Cromite has been crashing on me so much that I've switched my primary browser to IronFox.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Could they stop fucking with ironfox though please, for the love of god stop changing the UI on me. I just want a browser that stays the same and works for years, my habits are consistently wrecked with each passing update

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    ublock origin lite sadly does only a fraction of what the normal ublock origin does. no javascript blocking, no remote fonts blocking, no large media element blocking, no granular dynamic filtering in that popup panel. i guess it's still decent to block ads though, but so very crippled compared to the real deal

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I use chromium for some sites since i have written an extension that gives me dark mode for all sites. And firefox demands that all extensions have to be signed.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    There are darkmode extensions for firefox. Or do you like to use your own?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah. I try to keep the number of regular extensions low for security and privacy reasons.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You can probably port it to a userscript without much trouble, and then you can use it in every browser using a single extension/addon along with other userscripts (which you can easily read the source code and disable auto updates of). I use Violentmonkey and have written a few scripts. Development and usage is easier than extensions/addons for personal stuff.

    Personally I just use Dark Reader though.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I looked at a few (3?) monkey extensions (including violentmokey). I don't remember the details but I think there were issues with all of them (probably privacy issues).

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