uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox

Re:uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox by npace12 on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:40PM (#37216319)

You need the webRequest API (that uBO Full is using) from manifest v2 to be able to read the traffic. Without it, you can just block/allow based on rules.

Chrome is deprecating it with v3, Firefox supposedly no.

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Re:uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox by sebzim4500 on Monday August 21, 2023 @07:10PM (#37216570)

Unless I'm misunderstanding the docs, the webRequest permission isn't going anywhere, just the webRequestBlocking one. So it doesn't sound like there has been any security win here.

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Re:uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox by npace12 on Monday August 21, 2023 @09:00PM (#37217286)

Yeah, I think you're correct. The security win is that you can block without needing the permissions for webRequest which are "can read and modify everything you do"

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