Eyeo, the developer of one of the widely used Adblock Plus extension, said Tuesday it's content with Google's Manifest V3 approach. The changes underscore how difficult it can be for Google to balance giving developers powerful tools and the need to thwart abuse. The balance is particularly difficult to strike given that Chrome is one of the tech industry's biggest platforms. More than a billion people use the browser, Google has said, and it accounts for about 64% of web usage, according to analytics firm StatCounter. Browser privacy boost: Here are the settings to change in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge and Brave.Google's web app plans collide with Apple's iPhone, Safari rules.Chrome now can find hacked passwords on Android and iPhones.Privacy push could stop some annoying website pop-ups and online tracking.

AdGuard, Ghostery unhappy with Manifest V3 'We believe extensions must be trustworthy by default, which is why we've spent this year making extensions safer for everyone,' Google said in a blog post. The shift brought on by Manifest V3 will spread to all browsers, to the detriment of ad blocking software, predicted Andrey Meshkov, co-founder and chief technology officer of AdGuard, an ad-blocking extension. 'The main victim of Manifest V3 is innovation,' Meshkov said in a statement Wednesday. Now Chrome, Safari and Edge dictate what can or cannot be blocked and how it should be done.' Previously, ad blocker developers were exploring ideas like using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve their products. Ghostery is working to update its extension for Manifest V3 but would rather spend its time on 'real privacy innovations,' President Jeremy Tillman said in a statement Wednesday. 'We still have real misgivings that these changes have more to do with Google protecting its bottom line than it does with improving security for Chrome users.' #Google chrome ad blocker update#

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