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Google Hates Ad Blockers: Manifest V3 Push Starts Today

We warned you. As of June 3, Google is following through on its threat to kill ad blockers. Privacy-focused Chrome extensions are living on borrowed time; developers must upgrade to the less ...

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Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?

Richi Jennings | November 17, 2023 | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Manifest V3, SB Blogwatch, uBlock Origin

Manifest V3: Destiny. Huge advertising monopoly flexes muscles: “Manifest V2” extensions to be nuked, but “V3” cripples ad blockers ...

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Google Nukes Ad-Blockers—Manifest V3 is Coming

Richi Jennings | December 10, 2021 | ad blockers, adblockers, browser extension, Chrome, google, SB Blogwatch

Makers of ad-blocker and anti-tracking browser extensions are spitting blood over Google’s Manifest V3—EFF calls it a “conflict of interest.” ...

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Malicious cryptomining and the blacklist conundrum

Jérôme Segura | March 26, 2018 | adblockers, blacklist, Coinhive, cryptominers, cryptomining, GitHub, security bloggers network, Threat analysis

When threat actors take to free and disposable cloud services, the battle against malicious cryptomining becomes a lot more difficult. Categories: Cryptomining Threat analysis Tags: adblockersblacklistcoinhivecryptominerscryptominingGitHub (Read more...) The post Malicious cryptomining ...

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