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Yet another reason to not use Chrome
Yet another reason to not use Chrome
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The Register: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently

Quote:Content blockers may be used to hide or black-hole ads, but they have broader applications. They're predicated on the notion that users, rather than anyone else, should be able to control how their browser presents and interacts with remote resources.

Quote:"The declarativeNetRequest API provides better privacy to users because extensions can't actually read the network requests made on the user's behalf," Google's API documentation explains.

But "better privacy" here means privacy as defined by Google rather than privacy defined by a third-party extension developer.

So much for using a Chromium-based browser in the future. Good thing Firefox still exists.
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Yet another reason to not use Chrome - by robkelk - 01-23-2019, 08:23 AM

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