Article 5T02N EFF: Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening

EFF: Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation warnsagainst Manifest V3, a set of changes coming to a Chrome browser nearyou.

Manifest V3, or Mv3 for short, is outright harmful to privacyefforts. It will restrict the capabilities of webextensions-especially those that are designed to monitor, modify,and compute alongside the conversation your browser has with thewebsites you visit. Under the new specifications, extensions likethese- like some privacy-protective tracker blockers- will havegreatly reduced capabilities.
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