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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by conanbatt on Saturday May 04, 2019 @07:57AM (#19825898)
There is a before and after with adblockers. Its a real pity they are the worst privacy-vioolating tools ever.
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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by feanaro on Saturday May 04, 2019 @09:10AM (#19826195)
> Its a real pity they are the worst privacy-vioolating tools ever.

What do you mean?

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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by conanbatt on Saturday May 04, 2019 @10:43PM (#19830778)
They read your entire page content, they have access to all your information.
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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by feanaro on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:17AM (#19833211)
But there are free software ad blockers like uBlock Origin.
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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by conanbatt on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:39AM (#19833319)
if uBlock got compromised as an extension even for 1 day, the amount and value of data uBlock can collect will make anyone very very rich.

It's on the level of saving passwords as texts in terms of privacy.

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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by kzrdude on Sunday May 05, 2019 @02:35PM (#19834222)
How is it different from any other browser extension? They are all like that, aren't they?
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Re:All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate... by conanbatt on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:47AM (#19839893)
It depends on the permissions: uBlock has permissions to read the entire page on any domain. Some extensions only limit themselves to specific domains, or don't touch that at all.

uBlock still reads your bank website, etc.

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