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New Warning Issued Over Google's Chrome Ad-Blocking Plans

posted by martyb on Friday August 02 2019, @06:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the when-the-new-shiny-is-not-always-better dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/08/01/warning-issued-over-google-chrome-ad-blocking-plans/#75c4a925219a

Google's plans to limit ad blockers in Chrome have already led many users to consider switching browsers. People's anger was made worse by the confirmation that the only people who will avoid the changes to the way ad blockers work in Chrome will be Google's enterprise users. Advertising is at the heart of Google's business model and so unsurprisingly, users have been questioning the software giant's motives.

And now, another prominent voice has entered the debate. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says the move will not help security and in fact, will probably hinder it.

The plans, dubbed Manifest V3, represent a major transformation to Chrome extensions including a revamp of the permissions system. As a result, modern ad blockers such as uBlock Origin—which uses Chrome's webRequest API to block ads before they're downloaded–won't work. This is because Manifest V3 sees Google halt the webRequest API's ability to block a particular request before it's loaded. The plans are earmarked for release into the Google Canary channel around now.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday August 02 2019, @08:25AM (8 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 02 2019, @08:25AM (#874524) Journal

    You want a fence which protects your chickens from wolves, but you buy the fence from a wolf.

    Thanks. In the cultures I was exposed to, foxes were the ones to keep out from your chickens, wolves being more interested in sheep.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @08:43AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @08:43AM (#874525)

    I used to own chickens but the fox came.
    so I bought sheep thinking the fox is too small, and the wolf came.
    so I bought a cow thinking the wolf's too small, and the bear came.
    so I bought an elephant.
    still no omlette though.

    • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @01:22PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @01:22PM (#874602)

      The elephant would attract poachers.

      • (Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Friday August 02 2019, @03:43PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 02 2019, @03:43PM (#874671) Journal

        But an omelette is made with SCRAMBLED eggs

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 03 2019, @12:17PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 03 2019, @12:17PM (#875075)

        And that's how you make poacher eggs... [/Badum-tss]

  • (Score: 2) by schad on Friday August 02 2019, @12:17PM (3 children)

    by schad (2398) on Friday August 02 2019, @12:17PM (#874581)

    No, you're right. In the US it's also foxes-chickens (esp. hens) and wolves-sheep. This is just a mixed metaphor.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Friday August 02 2019, @04:55PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 02 2019, @04:55PM (#874711) Journal

      Ah, not a problem, forget it then. Milk spilled under the bridge and all that.

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Saturday August 03 2019, @01:43AM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 03 2019, @01:43AM (#874915) Journal

      Firefoxes catch chickens.

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Saturday August 03 2019, @01:45AM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 03 2019, @01:45AM (#874917) Journal

      Firefoxes catch chickens.

      Is that a mixed metaphor?

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