Zerush@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 8 days agoBrowser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping botsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBrowser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping botsarstechnica.comZerush@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 8 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDuskyRo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoI used Youtube unhook in the past but before the AI craze so I’m probably good. I know a lot of people use Dark Reader so that’s gotta hurt. Other than that I think I’m safe.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI see Dark Reader for Edge but not Firefox. Are they the same extension?
minus-squarequantumcrop@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoThey seem to all link back to the same github page. https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader
minus-squareLEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThis is from Mozilla Dark Reader doesn’t show ads and doesn’t send user’s data anywhere. It is fully open-source https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/android/addon/darkreader/
minus-square7eter@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 days agoThe popular Dark Reader is not affected by this. Only this knock off for the edge browser. Source
I used Youtube unhook in the past but before the AI craze so I’m probably good.
I know a lot of people use Dark Reader so that’s gotta hurt.
Other than that I think I’m safe.
I see Dark Reader for Edge but not Firefox. Are they the same extension?
They seem to all link back to the same github page.
https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader
This is from Mozilla
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/android/addon/darkreader/
The popular Dark Reader is not affected by this.
Only this knock off for the edge browser. Source