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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by EasyMark on Thursday August 15, 2024 @10:26AM (#41256532)
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it’s a duck. They used the “improved security” as an excuse while leaving other just as big holes in their security. Show me how AdGuard or ublock origin abused the current system in v2
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by nolist_policy on Thursday August 15, 2024 @10:52AM (#41256830)
> Show me how AdGuard or ublock origin abused the current system in v2

They didn't, but other malicious extensions did.

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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by aembleton on Thursday August 15, 2024 @11:11AM (#41257012)
In that case, it should be a permission thing that a user can switch on for certain extensions.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by shadowgovt on Thursday August 15, 2024 @02:34PM (#41259051)
It currently is, and it's easy to trick users into switching it on.
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