The Chrome extensions you use every day could be hiding an unfortunate secret

With Google's recent flagging of the popular Save as Image Type Chrome extension, now is a good time to take stock of all ...
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Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.
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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

Google Chrome will be shutting down its older, more capable extension system, Manifest V2, in favor of exclusively using the more limited Manifest V3. The deeply controversial Manifest V3 system was ...
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Google removes privacy-focused ClearURLs Chrome extension

Google has mysteriously removed the popular browser extension ClearURLs from the Chrome Web Store. ClearURLs is a privacy-preserving browser add-on which automatically removes tracking elements from ...
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Chrome’s “Manifest V3” plan to limit ad-blocking extensions is delayed

For several years now, Google has wanted to kill Chrome’s current extension system in favor of a more limited one, creating more restrictions on filtering extensions that block ads and/or work to ...