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Re:Tell HN: DuckDuckGo's privacy extension is injecting ads ... by basch on Thursday February 23, 2023 @07:54PM (#34919156)
It’s exactly the same behavior as password managers, adding an icon in the form field.

If the feature is the point of the extension you’re installing, maybe don’t install the extension.

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Re:Tell HN: DuckDuckGo's privacy extension is injecting ads ... by mustacheemperor on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:00PM (#34929298)
I installed this extension a long time ago, as a browser tracking protection tool similar to PrivacyBadger. I think it is objectionable that the nature of the extension has been changed to one that injects notifications into the contents of the webpages I visit, with the only alert to me of that change being the injection of notifications into the contents of webpages I visit.

And for what it's worth, I use a password manager and have used a few over the years, and I've never encountered such an obnoxious UI from one.

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