Like the other Chrome skins, Microsoft Edge is also moving to disable Manifest v2 extensions, restricting the effectiveness of ad blockers like uBlock Origin. As an advertising company, Microsoft was obviously never going to do the work to keep Manifest v2 support around in Chrome, so this was inevitable. Blocking ads might be a necessary security practice, but why cry over spilled user data, am I right?
Anyway, today:
In early December 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence detected a large-scale malvertising campaign that impacted nearly one million devices globally in an opportunistic attack to steal information. The attack originated from illegal streaming websites embedded with malvertising redirectors, leading to an intermediary website where the user was then redirected to GitHub and two other platforms. The campaign impacted a wide range of organizations and industries, including both consumer and enterprise devices, highlighting the indiscriminate nature of the attack.
↫ Microsoft Threat Intelligence
If only there was a type of browser extension that prevents such malvertising attacks from being possible in the first place, and if only support for such browser extensions wasn’t being gutted as we speak.
If only.
Firefox stated that they won’t remove Manifest V2 😉
Yeah, but they also stated that then won’t “do not sell user data” anymore. So…
I hereby sentence you to 48 hours of Minority Report on repeat.
Even if you are a Pre-cog, you gotta give em a chance…
If the heads still want to pay themselves millions each year, they have to get more sources of revenue if Google do not pour more money into Firefox to ensure its search engine monopoly.
Just another example of corporations only caring about their own monetary goals and nothing for the safety and security of their customers.