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by NBPEL 932 days ago
And it's sad that hackers are still using MV3 to write malware extensions, then what is the point of improving non-existence security ?

https://adguard.com/en/blog/chrome-manifest-v3-where-we-stan...

> Is it true that Manifest V3 will increase privacy and security of the browser?

> Honestly, I wouldn’t say so. I see the advantages of MV3 in terms of unification, cross-platform compatibility, and performance, but *I don’t see any advantages in terms of increasing user security, unfortunately*. *The amount of scam extensions in the Chrome Web Store remains high despite the fact that it has been a long time since the store stopped accepting non-MV3 extensions.*

And what, people are more likely to get virus from Google Ads or Ads overall than those improved security:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/10fi01q/nft_gods_...

https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17p68i7/set_networ...

1 comments

I think you just do get it that it has nothing to do with security.
It's about the security of Google's revenue stream.