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One of the most common API malware extensions use is what MV3 blocks, and adblock extension is one of the common malware vectors: https://helpcenter.getadblock
by drivebycomment 2y ago
One of the most common API malware extensions use is what MV3 blocks, and adblock extension is one of the common malware vectors:
https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us/articles/9738476845203-Concerns-about-AdBlock-and-malware https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us/articles/97384768...
https://www.wired.com/story/fake-chrome-extensions-malware/ https://www.wired.com/story/fake-chrome-extensions-malware/
This has been never ending.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoOkay, if you absolutely must then make that specific API require extra audit approval from the extension store, but breaking it outright is throwing out the baby with the bathwater; in a world where the FBI outright recommends an adblocker because ads are such a strong malware vector ( https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/fbi-ad-blocker/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/fbi-ad-blocker/ ), it's irresponsible to undermine uBo.
- kccqzy 2y agoNobody likes extra audit approvals. The platform doesn't want to spend resources doing the audit. The developers don't want to be audited. The Firefox version of uBlock Origin Lite was pulled due to unsatisfactory audit process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41707418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41707418
- Dylan16807 2y ago> The Firefox version of uBlock Origin Lite was pulled due to unsatisfactory audit process So make one that isn't incompetent? That's not really a counterargument to the general idea.