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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1034 points deryilz | 2 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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krackers ◴[12 Jul 25 19:41 UTC] No.44544544[source]▶
>They decided it wasn't a security issue, and honestly, I agree, because it didn't give extensions access to data they didn't already have.

So they admit that MV3 isn't actually any more secure than MV2?

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Neywiny ◴[12 Jul 25 20:07 UTC] No.44544732[source]▶
I'd be shocked if anyone actually believes them. This article starts with the obvious conflict of interest. Of course letting an extension know what websites you visit and what requests are made is an insecure lifestyle. But I still do it because I trust uBO more than I trust the ad companies and their data harvesters.
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krackers ◴[12 Jul 25 20:31 UTC] No.44544922[source]▶
One of the main goals of MV3 seems to be nullifying protection against tracking URLs. Most of the discussion about adblocking technically "still working" under MV3 misses this point. It doesn't matter if you're actually served ads or not, when when your underlying habits can still easily be collected from the combination of fingerprints and tracking URLs.

https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/302

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1. LordDragonfang ◴[12 Jul 25 23:20 UTC] No.44546070[source]▶
> Most of the discussion about adblocking technically "still working" under MV3 misses this point.

Because it's a dishonest point. Ad blocking still works. All the same ads can still be removed from the page. Tracker blocking doesn't. This is still a huge problem for privacy. But while nearly everyone dislikes seeing ads that interrupt your content, people who actually care about tracking privacy are a much smaller group. The latter group are trying to smuggle concern for the latter issue by framing it as the more favorable issue to garner more support from the former.

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2. aspenmayer ◴[13 Jul 25 06:11 UTC] No.44547927[source]▶
I assume that those who care to block ads also care to block trackers, if they care about MV3 at all.