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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads(www.windowscentral.com)

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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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It’s not like they contracted some sort of terminal illness. Anyone can migrate whenever. It’s not hard.

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tal@lemmy.today
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I believe that some organizations restrict what applications can be installed on work computers, so that might not necessarily be true, at least for work machines.

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m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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One more vector of malware for these corporate systems. Sucks for them I suppose.

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acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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if they’re restricting apps to that degree you probably can’t install extensions anyway.

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datendefekt@lemmy.ml
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My organization has blocked all browsers other than Edge and Chrome - and has also blocked all plugins except for UBlock. For security reasons, of course.

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floofloof@lemmy.ca
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Everyone knows seeing a bunch of uncontrolled JavaScript-powered ads from who knows what server is good for security.

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