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Google Hates Ad Blockers: Manifest V3 Push Starts Today
Richi Jennings | | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, browser extension, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Google Chrome, Manifest V3, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, uBlock Origin
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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Targeted Ads are a Cybersecurity Risk
Update/Revision of the post originally published on 5 DEC 2023. You’re justified in blocking targeted ads. Malvertising is alive and well and poses a too-big-to-ignore risk to the end user. For your ...

Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?
Richi Jennings | | 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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How to: Basics of Using Safing Portmaster
This post was originally published on 1 FEB 2023; it has since been updated and revised. In this guide we look at how to get familiar with using/tweaking Safing Portmaster, an open-source ...

Blocking Ads, Trackers, and Malware in Browsers, Devices, and Networks
This post was originally published on 18 MAY 2022; it has since been updated and revised. You may hear a lot that you should block ads and trackers, but you may also ...