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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And yet the likelihood of Google publishing a malicious extension is quite low. Not sure why you're so adamant about defending their shitty anti-adblock actions, making excuses for a mega corporation.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Apple, Microsoft, Google, Steam, Arch Linux, NixOS, Flathub, etc. all end up publishing malicious software in their stores and package managers. It is inevitable. If you're not worried about sandboxing then you might as well proxy all your traffic using third party software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The fact that something is possible does not make it frequent or likely.