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And by "gone awry" I of course mean "turned into malware". At the start of this year I wrote about how not knowing who's in charge of the code running in your browser extensions can lead to those extensions becoming malware behind your back. Well, recently one such elicit campaign turned over four million browsers into spyware.
Keep on readin' on An example of browser extensions gone awry⟶
I mentioned in a previous post that I was a late adopter of pretty much everything: social media, iPhones, iPods, streaming, etc. That's not entirely true, however, as I was actually quite an early Facebook user ⸺ and abandoner.
One of the many ways to leverage uBO is to manually block annoying elements on sites you frequent. Take, for instance, the following single-product page from opticsplanet.com. Amidst all the information you want, there's a bunch of up-selling nonsense that can be removed to greatly simply the page down to only what you want: information about the product.
Keep on readin' on Declutter your favorite online shops with uBlock Origin⟶
There's a much simpler way to do it that doesn't involve a third-party corporation that probably gets half its money from selling user data¹ and the other half from providing a small amount of space and trying to upsell you more.
Keep on readin' on Stop using Dropbox to send phone photos to your laptop or desktop⟶
Who maintains [your browser extensions]? Is it the same entity that maintained it when you first installed? Are you sure?
Keep on readin' on Do you know who maintains your browser extensions?⟶
Note: This process may be different depending on your router. I'm using the one Verizon gave me a few years ago, their Quantum Gateway (model G1100), because I'm too lazy and cheap to bother changing it out. It's just me and my cats in this house anyway, so what use do I have for a $200+ router with custom firmware and all that?