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lxgrtoday at 8:04 AM1 replyview on HN

What would prevent sites from just injecting ads into their content server-side? You'll always need both element and request blocking.


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ajbtoday at 9:18 AM

That's why GP wrote MITM, not just network blocking. MITM implies the middlebox is trusted by the browser in which it has installed a certificate, so can see and modify content.