Timeline for Is Adblock (Plus) a security risk?
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 10:46 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://security.stackexchange.com/ with https://security.stackexchange.com/ | |
| Dec 11, 2014 at 22:43 | comment | added | Tim X | There have already been cases where developers of chrome extensions have sold their IP to another party who has not had the same ethics, security precautions etc. This is not to say AdBlock is a risk. It just emphasises that when you use an extension, you need to recognise that the situation can change and something you trusted and were confident about may end up evolving into something less trustworthy. | |
| Feb 28, 2014 at 16:32 | comment | added | josh3736 | Well... the browser itself won't steal your data; of course, the services that come with it are another story. Don't sign the browser into a Google account and uncheck all the boxes in the Privacy settings (or use Incognito), and you won't leak anything to Google. The same applies with Firefox and IE. | |
| Feb 28, 2014 at 9:12 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | Hahaha - I trust google to provide a browser that does steal my data, but at least I have a reasonable idea of all the things they will do with my data, and I have currently bought into that model and manage that data set accordingly. | |
| Feb 28, 2014 at 7:06 | comment | added | Tobias Kienzler | Good points indeed - the same applies for Firefox of course | |
| Feb 28, 2014 at 4:39 | comment | added | Deer Hunter | "Trust Google to give me a browser"... stunned by the fact that the words "Google" and "trust" are used in one sentence. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 20:21 | history | answered | josh3736 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |