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One of the most common API malware extensions use is what MV3 blocks, and adblock extension is one of the common malware vectors:

https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us/articles/97384768...

https://www.wired.com/story/fake-chrome-extensions-malware/

This has been never ending.


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yjftsjthsd-h10/11/2024

Okay, if you absolutely must then make that specific API require extra audit approval from the extension store, but breaking it outright is throwing out the baby with the bathwater; in a world where the FBI outright recommends an adblocker because ads are such a strong malware vector ( https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/fbi-ad-blocker/ ), it's irresponsible to undermine uBo.

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