uBlock Origin has blocklisted PolyfillIO in it's badware list (github.com) 30 points by speckx 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] trollied 2y ago ↗ If you're wondering why: https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack [–] magicalhippo 2y ago ↗ I consider uBlock Origin to be my first line of defense against malware, with the lack of ads as a nice side effect. [–] infotapeworm 2y ago ↗ The lack of ads is protection against malware, considering Google & Bing PPC ads have deeply contributed to the malware ecosystem. [–] magicalhippo 2y ago ↗ Yeah that's my point. I meant the lack of visual (and sometimes audible!) noise they introduce. [–] rolph 2y ago ↗ it may be useful to examine what has been suppressed.https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/...the goodguys now live here:https://polyfill-fastly.io/https://web.archive.org/web/20240229133014/https://polyfill-... [–] aspenmayer 2y ago ↗ I think that Issue # you linked was deleted by the repo owner, but the one below is related to the same issue and is still up:https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/... [–] rolph 2y ago ↗ for me they are both now behind a signin.it doesnt take long.i find it muchmore telling that it is being sanitized.that givves me a reason to believe its intentional behavior [–] ChrisArchitect 2y ago ↗ More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40791829
[–] magicalhippo 2y ago ↗ I consider uBlock Origin to be my first line of defense against malware, with the lack of ads as a nice side effect. [–] infotapeworm 2y ago ↗ The lack of ads is protection against malware, considering Google & Bing PPC ads have deeply contributed to the malware ecosystem. [–] magicalhippo 2y ago ↗ Yeah that's my point. I meant the lack of visual (and sometimes audible!) noise they introduce.
[–] infotapeworm 2y ago ↗ The lack of ads is protection against malware, considering Google & Bing PPC ads have deeply contributed to the malware ecosystem. [–] magicalhippo 2y ago ↗ Yeah that's my point. I meant the lack of visual (and sometimes audible!) noise they introduce.
[–] magicalhippo 2y ago ↗ Yeah that's my point. I meant the lack of visual (and sometimes audible!) noise they introduce.
[–] rolph 2y ago ↗ it may be useful to examine what has been suppressed.https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/...the goodguys now live here:https://polyfill-fastly.io/https://web.archive.org/web/20240229133014/https://polyfill-... [–] aspenmayer 2y ago ↗ I think that Issue # you linked was deleted by the repo owner, but the one below is related to the same issue and is still up:https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/... [–] rolph 2y ago ↗ for me they are both now behind a signin.it doesnt take long.i find it muchmore telling that it is being sanitized.that givves me a reason to believe its intentional behavior
[–] aspenmayer 2y ago ↗ I think that Issue # you linked was deleted by the repo owner, but the one below is related to the same issue and is still up:https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/... [–] rolph 2y ago ↗ for me they are both now behind a signin.it doesnt take long.i find it muchmore telling that it is being sanitized.that givves me a reason to believe its intentional behavior
[–] rolph 2y ago ↗ for me they are both now behind a signin.it doesnt take long.i find it muchmore telling that it is being sanitized.that givves me a reason to believe its intentional behavior
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 27.6 ms ] threadhttps://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/...
the goodguys now live here:
https://polyfill-fastly.io/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240229133014/https://polyfill-...
https://github.com/polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service/issues/...
it doesnt take long.
i find it muchmore telling that it is being sanitized.
that givves me a reason to believe its intentional behavior