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January 24, 2019 03:20 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_XsTC8KKs8c/chrome-api-update-will-kill-a-bunch-of-other-extensions-not-just-ad-blockers
Chrome API Update Will Kill a Bunch of Other Extensions, Not Just Ad Blockers
An anonymous reader writes: A planned update to one of the Google Chrome extensions APIs would kill much more than a few ad blockers, ZDNet has learned, including browser extensions for antivirus products, parental control enforcement, phishing detection, and various privacy-enhancing services. Developers for extensions published by F-Secure, NoScript, Amnesty International, and Ermes Cyber Security, among others, made their concerns public today after news broke this week that Google was considering the API change. Furthermore, efforts to port NoScript from Firefox to Chrome are also impacted, according to the plugin's author, who says the new API update all but cripples the NoScript for Chrome port.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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