sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 13 days agoGoogle continues pulling the plug on Manifest v2 • The Registerwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkGoogle continues pulling the plug on Manifest v2 • The Registerwww.theregister.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 13 days agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenocteb@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days agouBlock Origin is open source and can be freely audited by everyone. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoDoes 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.
minus-squarenocteb@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 days agouBO 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
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoYes, but other extensions are not and can access the same permissions. They can even steal the unlock origin source code to do so.
minus-squarenocteb@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoThey could but only after you installed them and explicitly gave them the permission to do so. i don’t get your point.
uBlock Origin is open source and can be freely audited by everyone. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
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.
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
Yes, but other extensions are not and can access the same permissions. They can even steal the unlock origin source code to do so.
They could but only after you installed them and explicitly gave them the permission to do so. i don’t get your point.