Spyke
lemmyng
lemmy.ca

"BuT mAnIfEsT v3 wIlL pRoTeCt UsErS fRoM mAlIcIoUs ExTeNsIoNs."

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notprogrammerreply
programming.dev

MV3 is clearly an adblocker sabotage op by Google, it shouldn't even be disputed at this point. The sooner people understand this the better.

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hitmyspotreply
aussie.zone

Similar for Facebook, Microsoft etc. It will be interesting to see how long before they start to lose market dominance, or how anti trust laws work worldwide.

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cyberic
discuss.tchncs.de

A Chrome extension titled “Hide YouTube Shorts,” used by 100,000 people, was recently discovered to secretly collect users' browser activity, raising serious concerns about user privacy on Google Chrome Web Store.

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Robust Mirror
aussie.zone

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I instead installed an extension to force shorts to play as normal videos. Some channels have shorts worth watching (imo), but this prevents endless scrolling through short after short, I have to intentionally choose to watch them by clicking on the specific thumbnail, every time.

I find it a decent compromise.

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Appoxoreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Agreed. There is some exclusive content by my favorite creators that wouldnt really work as long form content.
If it just wasnt vertical...

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pseudonym
monyet.cc

I like how the recommended remediation to this malicious extension is to install an extension for monitoring extensions.

Serious question though: is "can connect to network" a permission on Chrome apps? What about Mozilla? It seems like this, more than anything, is what needs to be locked down for all apps (beyond just browser extensions). Like on my MacBook for example, I have to give apps explicit permission to access folders like Documents. But I'm pretty sure they can all access the Internet without restriction, right? That seems crazy to me.

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4amreply
lemm.ee

Get Little Snitch.

Although yeah it’s wild that’s not built in.

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