Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers)

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Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) - Infosec.Pub

Since January 2018, 42% of malicious extensions use the Web Request API.

That’s like making knifes illegal in general because they have been used in a certain amount of murder cases.

And now, a new golden age of malvertisement will emerge…
Indeed. What a f-ing stupid argument: “We cannot trust the extensions that the user installed, therefor we give malware from advertisers free roam!”