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UBlock Origin Falls Victim to Chrome's Power Play
Security News This Week: Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun
Plus: The alleged SEC X account hacker gets charged, Kroger wriggles out of a face recognition scandal, and Microsoft deals with missing customer security logs.
Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun
Google Chrome has begun to phase out uBlock Origin. The developer of the free ad blocker, Raymond Hill, recently reposted a screenshot that shows Chrome automatically turning off uBlock Origin because it is “no longer supported.
Google's Ad-Blocker Purge: uBlock Origin Falls Victim to Chrome's Power Play
Google's Chrome browser is set to cripple effective ad-blockers like uBlock Origin, sparking user outrage and exposing the tech giant's disregard for privacy.
Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store
According to recent user reports, uBlock Origin is quickly disappearing from the Chrome Web Store. The official page for the ad-blocking extension now states that it
Google warns that ad blockers like uBlock Origin will soon be removed
The writing is almost literally on the wall for Chrome’s most popular ad blockers. After months of warnings that extensions like uBlock Origin would be removed after Chrome’s Manifest V3 extension update, Google is now telling Chrome users who try to download it from the Chrome Web Store that it “may soon no longer be supported.”
Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin
The browser is doing so as part of Google's plan to phase out older Manifest V2 extensions to bolster Chrome's security. Still, some uBlock Origin users aren't happy about the change.
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.
Google Chrome Begins Phasing Out uBlock Origin
As Google Chrome continues its transition to Manifest V3, users of the popular ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin are feeling the impact.
uBlock Origin: The shutdown of Manifest V2 has begun
Google is banning the use of Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome on the first systems. This affects the uBlock Origin ad blocker, for example.
Google Chrome Manifest V2 support has officially ended — adios uBlock Origin
Google is finally letting the sun go down on Manifest V2 as it switches to V3, meaning that many apps reliant on V2 will no longer work - including one of the most popular ad blockers, uBlock Origin.
When uBlock Origin stops working on Chrome soon, you'll have 2 options
Despite the vast popularity of this ad-blocking extension, Google doesn't want it around. But there is a silver lining.
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Making sense of the Google Chrome and ad blocker extensions mess
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Google Is Cracking Down on Ad Blockers, But Here's How You Can Fight Back
Google is starting to shut down uBlock Origin and other older ad blockers for Chrome, but there are steps you can take to ...
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