Google Chrome has transitioned its extension specifications from Manifest V2 (MV2) to Manifest V3 (MV3). With this transition, the API 'webRequestBlocking', which allows extensions to dynamically ...

Google tests ‘script blocking’ in Chrome Incognito to boost privacy The aim is to block third-party scripts that use "browser re-identification" tricks to extract info about your browser and ...

As noted by uBlock Origin’s Raymond Hill on X (formerly Twitter), Google Chrome has begun disabling and suggesting the removal of extensions that are not updated for Manifest V3, as of Oct. 14.

On Thursday, Google released a proposal for a Chrome feature called script blocking as part of a broader effort to mitigate API misuse for broader reidentification. Put more simply, it’s a feature to ...

Both the Safari and new Chrome Manifest V3 blocking APIs work in reverse. The extensions supply the browser with a block list.