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fracus ◴[] No.44545431[source]
> But I don't know how to make an adblocker, so I decided to report the issue to Google in August 2023. It was patched in Chrome 118 by checking whether extensions usin

Well, thanks for nothing?

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deryilz ◴[] No.44545537[source]
Author here, sorry. I don't think any open-source extension (especially large adblockers with millions of users) could actually get away with using this bug, because Google is paying close attention to them. It would've been patched immediately either way.
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1. physicles ◴[] No.44546909[source]
You’re right, and good on you for paying attention to the human/business context behind the code.