From 17a8e6f37be35d7181b1046749a3139aada616bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:13:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] uBlock Origin Lite rename Signed-off-by: Tommy --- content/knowledge/Badness Enumeration.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/knowledge/Badness Enumeration.md b/content/knowledge/Badness Enumeration.md index 6d99ecb..f1c989b 100644 --- a/content/knowledge/Badness Enumeration.md +++ b/content/knowledge/Badness Enumeration.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ On top of the [obvious problem](#the-obvious-problem) mentioned above, there are The problem here is that adblockers (especially with Manifest v2) are highly privileged and have access to all of your data within the browser. All it takes is for the extension developer to turn malicious for your passwords, session ids, TOTP secrets, etc to get compromised. Even if you were to assume that the extension developer is trustworthy, one vulnerability within the extension could still be catastrophic. This is made worse by the fact that adblockers typically use third-party blocklists, extending trust to the blocklist maintainers to not exploit the extension should a vulnerability be found. The ["uBlock, I exfiltrate"](https://portswigger.net/research/ublock-i-exfiltrate-exploiting-ad-blockers-with-css) blog post describes in detail how a CSS injection vulnerability in uBlockOrigin lead to data exfiltration with one single bad filtering rule. -Overall, adblockers increase your attack surface for dubious privacy benefits. If you insist on getting an adblocker however, I highly recommend that you use purely declarative, permission less Manifest V3 ones like [uBO Minus](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ubo-minus-mv3/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh). While they do block fewer ads and trackers than their Manifest V2 counterparts and V3 extensions with "Read and change all your data on all websites", they pose much less of a threat to your privacy and security while still providing the convenience of blocking annoyances. +Overall, adblockers increase your attack surface for dubious privacy benefits. If you insist on getting an adblocker however, I highly recommend that you use purely declarative, permission less Manifest V3 ones like [uBlock Origin Lite](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh). While they do block fewer ads and trackers than their Manifest V2 counterparts and V3 extensions with "Read and change all your data on all websites", they pose much less of a threat to your privacy and security while still providing the convenience of blocking annoyances. ## DNS Filtering