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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1036 points deryilz | 6 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.833s | source | bottom
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throwaway73945 ◴[12 Jul 25 20:13 UTC] No.44544769[source]▶
So OP got Google to patch a harmless "issue" that could've been used by addon devs to bypass MV3 restrictions. Hope it was worth the $0.
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1. antisthenes ◴[12 Jul 25 20:17 UTC] No.44544798[source]▶
Yeah, that was my take as well. OP did some free work for a megacorp and made the web a little bit worse, because "security, I guess" ?

Good job.

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2. deryilz ◴[12 Jul 25 20:22 UTC] No.44544842[source]▶
Sometimes you get $0, sometimes you get more. I would like to mention this stuff on my college applications, and even if I tried to gatekeep it, it'd eventually be patched. Not sure what your argument is here.
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3. busymom0 ◴[12 Jul 25 20:30 UTC] No.44544905[source]▶
Google would have found this bug if any extensions tried to rely on it and patched it instantly anyway.
4. mertd ◴[12 Jul 25 20:32 UTC] No.44544928[source]▶
The author claims to be 8 years old in 2015. So that makes them still a teenager. It is pretty cool IMO.
5. 9dev ◴[12 Jul 25 20:48 UTC] No.44545035[source]▶
Are you guys honestly arguing like the zero day industry would, for a vector that couldn’t be used by any ad blocking extension since Google has them under an electron microscope 24/7? To pick on a very young, enthusiastic programmer? What the hell??
6. sebmellen ◴[12 Jul 25 21:10 UTC] No.44545187[source]▶
Incredibly impressive to do this sort of work before applying to college!