Latest Chrome Extension Manifest V3 news

Google Chrome change that weakens ad blockers begins June 3rd

Google is continuing with its plan to phase out Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome starting in early June 2024, weakening the abilities of ad blockers.
- Bill Toulas
- June 01, 2024
- 10:14 AM
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Chrome extensions can steal plaintext passwords from websites

A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has uploaded to the Chrome Web Store a proof-of-concept extension that can steal plaintext passwords from a website's source code.
- Bill Toulas
- September 02, 2023
- 11:04 AM
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Chrome malware Rilide targets enterprise users via PowerPoint guides

The malicious Rilide Stealer Chrome browser extension has returned in new campaigns targeting crypto users and enterprise employees to steal credentials and crypto wallets.
- Bill Toulas
- August 03, 2023
- 10:36 AM
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Google to test disabling Chrome Manifest V2 extensions in June 2023

Developers of extensions for Google Chrome can keep their hopes up that the transition from Manifest V2 to V3 will be as gradual as possible, helping to minimize the negative impact on the community of users.
- Bill Toulas
- September 28, 2022
- 01:00 PM
- 0
AdGuard’s new ad blocker struggles with Google’s Manifest v3 rules

AdGuard has published the first ad blocker extension for Chrome that is compatible with Manifest V3, Google's newest extension platform protocol for the world's most popular web browser.
- Bill Toulas
- August 31, 2022
- 01:52 PM
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Google: Manifest V2 Chrome extensions to stop working in 2023

Google has shared the phase-out timeline for Manifest V2 Chrome extensions and its plans to bring Manifest V3 to full feature parity.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 23, 2021
- 06:08 PM
- 0
Mozilla Will Support Existing Ad Blockers in Extensions Manifest v3

Mozilla has decided to split from Google and continue to support existing ad blockers in the upcoming extension changes being proposed by Google as part of the Extensions Manifest v3.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 04, 2019
- 08:46 AM
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Chrome Ad Blockers To Get Full API Access via Free Enterprise Policies

Google says that it will allow enterprise admins to use the fully-featured webRequest ad blocking API for free even after the Manifest V3 Chrome Extensions platform changes will take effect.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 02, 2019
- 10:25 AM
- 0
Google to Allow webRequest Ad Blocking for Enterprise Deployments

Google will deprecate all blocking capabilities in the webRequest API as part of future Chrome Extensions platform Manifest V3 changes, with enterprise deployments being the exception to the rule.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 29, 2019
- 02:40 PM
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TamperMonkey May Be the Next Victim of Google's Chrome Manifest V3 Changes

In the Google Groups post, the author for the Tampermonkey Chrome extension has stated that his program will be the next victim of Google's proposed Chrome Manifest V3 changes if they are put into practice.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 28, 2019
- 04:19 PM
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Chrome Extension Manifest V3 May Break uBlock Origin Content Blocker

The Google Chrome development team is working on making some changes to the Chrome Extensions platform that would end the functionality of ad-blockers like uBlock Origin and uMatrix, if implemented as defined in the current draft document.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 22, 2019
- 09:57 PM
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