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minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSeeing all your traffic is required for an ad blocker to function correctly.
minus-squareJohn Richard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoAn ad blocker doesn’t need to see your traffic to function. That is the point of the declarative APIs. It is supposed to help protect users from malicious extensions and some forms of malicious software.
Seeing all your traffic is required for an ad blocker to function correctly.
An ad blocker doesn’t need to see your traffic to function. That is the point of the declarative APIs. It is supposed to help protect users from malicious extensions and some forms of malicious software.