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Re:AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3 by michaelt on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:57AM (#32649819)
They manually review and approve Android apps one-by-one.

The results have not garnered much acclaim.

I suppose you could argue they simply haven't budgeted enough $$$$ to get skilled reviewers taking enough time on each review.

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Re:AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3 by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:13AM (#32649971)
People reviewing the security of browser extensions should have the title of "engineer" at minimum.

Bear in mind browser extensions completely defeat all the benefits of HTTPS. If we aren't putting them through significant scrutiny there really is no reason for anyone at Google to claim to work on security at all. Extensions need to be treated as incredibly privileged code and vetted accordingly.

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