31 stories tagged browser-extensions, newest first.
606 points by twapi | 459 comments
Blog post reporting that Google removed all remaining Manifest V2 extensions, including uBlock Origin, from the Chrome Web Store.
1603 points by DemiGuru | 608 comments
PCWorld news article reporting that Firefox is the last major browser still supporting the uBlock Origin ad blocker after Chrome's Manifest V3 changes.
644 points by Markoff | 780 comments
An article reporting that uBlock Origin has stopped trying to filter Facebook ads; the captured page shows only a Cloudflare bot-verification screen.
345 points by d3Xt3r | 322 comments
Neowin news article on Google Chrome permanently dropping Manifest V2 extensions, ending uBlock Origin workarounds, with Edge and Opera expected to follow.
398 points by un-nf | 172 comments
A 404 Privacy blog post reporting that LinkedIn probes for 6,278 browser extensions and encrypts the results into requests, and how the data is used.
627 points by RohanAdwankar | 76 comments
A blog post on jack.cab describing an experiment installing (nearly) every Firefox extension at once, showing a browser cluttered with add-on icons.
1823 points by digitalWestie | 731 comments
Advocacy site "BrowserGate" alleging that LinkedIn runs hidden code scanning visitors' installed browser extensions and sharing results with third parties.
332 points by AkshatJ27 | 143 comments
Blog post on how the Honey browser extension allegedly detects testers to alter its behavior, likened to Dieselgate; the page returned a 503 error.
706 points by takira | 225 comments
Koi Security research post reporting that privacy/VPN browser extensions such as Urban VPN, with 8 million users, collected and sold users' AI chatbot conversations.
768 points by doener | 307 comments
Homepage of Privacy Badger, a free browser extension from the EFF that blocks trackers to stop companies from spying on users online.
1073 points by Jiahang | 423 comments
Mac App Store listing for uBlock Origin Lite by Raymond Hill, a free content-blocking extension now available for Safari on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
1610 points by non- | 803 comments
Chrome Web Store listing for uBlock Origin showing a warning that the extension may soon no longer be supported and suggesting alternatives.
671 points by thombles | 399 comments
Neowin news article reporting that Microsoft Edge has started disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions.
911 points by extesy | 385 comments
Reddit thread in r/uBlockOrigin alleging the team behind the Honey browser extension copied uBlock Origin's GPL-licensed quick filter list; page was blocked.
371 points by vk6 | 72 comments
Blog post describing how the author found CVE-2024-6778 and CVE-2024-5836, Chromium bugs letting a malicious extension escape the sandbox via DevTools, earning a $20,000 bounty.
462 points by freedomben | 406 comments
Chrome for Developers documentation page outlining the Manifest V2 extension support and phase-out timeline in Chrome.
552 points by mufty | 275 comments
A 2019 blog post by Geoffrey Litt arguing that browser extensions are underrated as a way for users to customize and modify the software they use.
460 points by louisbarclay | 183 comments
Louis Barclay's Substack post on handling a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech, drawing on Facebook's 2021 letter over his Unfollow Everything extension.
472 points by rebelwebmaster | 184 comments
Mozilla blog post announcing expanded availability of browser extensions on Firefox for Android, dated December 14, 2023.
325 points by my12parsecs | 277 comments
Ars Technica article on how Chrome's Manifest V3 extension platform slows ad blocker updates, hampering their ability to respond to YouTube and other ad changes.
516 points by znpy | 539 comments
A Reddit r/webdev post sharing a YouTube Ad Skipper tool that plays ads at 16x speed in response to YouTube blocking ad blockers.
585 points by rKarpinski | 635 comments
Show HN post presenting Ad Accelerator, a Chrome extension that mutes, speeds up 10x, and skips YouTube video ads, with links to the Web Store and GitHub code.
383 points by tambourine_man | 149 comments
EFF article from December 2021 criticizing Google Chrome's Manifest V3 extension platform as deceitful and harmful to privacy and security extensions.
444 points by archo | 234 comments
GitHub release page for uBlock Origin version 1.53.0, with install links and commit comparisons for the browser ad-blocking extension.
581 points by mrzool | 596 comments
Blog post by Zhenyi Tan documenting what he knows about YouTube's escalating anti-adblock measures and how uBlock Origin responds to them.
604 points by tech234a | 299 comments
Firefox Add-ons listing for uBlock Origin Lite by Raymond Hill, a permission-less content blocker that blocks ads, trackers, and miners.
492 points by npace12 | 88 comments
GitHub repository for Little Rat, a Chrome extension that monitors network requests made by other installed Chrome extensions.
726 points by rc00 | 367 comments
Mozilla Add-ons blog post advising developers to prepare Firefox desktop extensions for the upcoming open extension support on Firefox for Android.
1032 points by hk__2 | 337 comments
GitHub discussion where the Hover Zoom+ maintainer posts monetization offers he has received from companies wanting to buy or inject code into the Chrome extension.
377 points by popcalc | 192 comments
Mozilla Add-ons page listing one-star user reviews of the "I don't care about cookies" Firefox extension after its acquisition by Avast/Gen Digital.
384 points by rc00 | 187 comments
GitHub release page for uBlock Origin version 1.50.0, the open-source content-blocking browser extension, with install links and changelog.