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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1034 points deryilz | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fracus ◴[12 Jul 25 21:40 UTC] 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 ◴[12 Jul 25 21:57 UTC] 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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userbinator[dead post] ◴[13 Jul 25 04:04 UTC] No.44547391[source]▶
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1. deryilz ◴[13 Jul 25 05:17 UTC] No.44547728{3}[source]▶
Also, dude, from your other comments: "What a selfish dickhead, helping them make better nooses to put around everyone's necks (including his own)."

And "People like this are enemies of freedom and should be called out publicly."

What the ?

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