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by MC68328
1029 days ago
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> I am down to zero third-party developers that can get compromised and silently push an update that compromises all my web sessions Yeah, but is this really a risk for anyone who isn't the sort to have installed Bonzi Buddy back in the day? That attack surface, compared to that of brew, npm, pip, gem, etc., is miniscule. And browser plugins don't yank in obscure dependencies at install time. I only run uBlock, and I suspect I'm in the majority here, and my choice of browser is predicated on the availability of a non-crippled ad blocker, because malicious ads are the primary threat. |
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(as noted by fsckboy): uBlock was the original name for the add-on that subsequently was ethically compromised/"sold out to" advertisers
uBlock Origin is the 2nd version written by the original author (gorhill) and is not compromised.