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I immediately wondered if the controversial Manifest V3 changes would render this a non-issue.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/migrating_to_manifes...

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Manifest V3 breaks ad blocking without doing anything about extensions spying on the user. It provides read-only access to everything that previously was available and merely removes the ability to modify or block requests.

Unless I missed something, no. Extensions can still have full access to the data stream as long as it's read-only. Maybe it could help a little if you're extremely careful about permissions, but how many people are?

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing actually...

I was thinking the same thing. The reason that plugins like this, uBlock, and Stylish are so valuable is that they have access to everything on every site by nature. On one hand it sucks to have functionality taken away but on the other hand it protects against potentially large security issues.

> On one hand it sucks to have functionality taken away but on the other hand it protects against potentially large security issues.

Except that it doesn't actually protect against security issues, because v3 manifests don't break the ability to read data, only modify requests. Also, since ads are a vector for malware[0], having an adblocker is a security benefit, not a loss.

[0] ex. https://www.extremetech.com/internet/220696-forbes-forces-re...

Thanks for the clarification ;-)

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