Improving Security and Privacy for Extensions Users

#1

Post by thisisblurry » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 5:40 PM UTC

Improving Security and Privacy for Extensions Users
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Re: Improving Security and Privacy for Extensions Users

#2

Post by hiredspammer » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 5:56 AM UTC

There was so much backlash and fearmongering that the were killing ad blockers. But this seems reasonable and there is no discussion on HN regarding this.

One thing to note: if Google gets to decide what is an ad, will they whitelist Adsense ads?

Re: Improving Security and Privacy for Extensions Users

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Post by zb3 » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 10:32 AM UTC

hiredspammer wrote: post #2

There was so much backlash and fearmongering that the were killing ad blockers. But this seems reasonable and there is no discussion on HN regarding this. One thing to note: if Google gets to decide what is an ad, will they whitelist Adsense ads?

If they just want to protect users, why not introduce these restrictions as a setting that's on by default, but still can be turned off (with a giant fullscreen warning about security and performance, if they wish)? I didn't ask to be protected by Google, so I see these changes only as an attempt to take away control of the browser (which I don't use btw).