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Chrome used to allow extensions hosted on Chrome Web Store to also be installed at the developer's website for the sake of convenience. [20] However, this became a malware vector, so it was removed in 2018.
There have also been cases of applications installing browser extensions without the user's knowledge, making it hard for the user to uninstall the unwanted extension. [41] Some Google Chrome extension developers have sold their extensions to third-parties who then incorporated adware. [42] [43] In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from ...
uBlock Origin (/ ˈ j uː b l ɒ k / YOO-blok [5]) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking.The extension is available for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers (such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera).
In command mode (cmd in Windows), the developer is able to select the factors that need to be audited and other options by using the command line. Auditing wikipedia.org by this extension Recent versions of Lighthouse offer insights into how to optimize the Core Web Vitals metrics (which is one of the signals used by Google's algorithm to rank ...
HTTPS Everywhere was inspired by Google's increased use of HTTPS [8] and is designed to force the usage of HTTPS automatically whenever possible. [9] The code, in part, is based on NoScript's HTTP Strict Transport Security implementation, but HTTPS Everywhere is intended to be simpler to use than No Script's forced HTTPS functionality which requires the user to manually add websites to a list. [4]
AdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome, Apple Safari (desktop and mobile), Firefox, Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge and Opera. [4] [5] AdBlock allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being displayed.
Stylus was forked from Stylish for Chrome in 2017 [1] [2] after Stylish was bought by the analytics company SimilarWeb. [3] The initial objective was to "remove any and all analytics, and return to a more user-friendly UI." [4] It restored the user interface of Stylish 1.5.2 [5] [2] and removed Google Analytics. [1] [2]