Google continues its rollout of gradually disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in the Chrome web browser as part of its efforts to push users to Manifest V3-based extensions. For those who need more time, Google will let the enterprise and certain users continue using Manifest V2 extensions until June 2025 through a special group policy. For everyone else, the rollout of Manifest V3 is already in progress, and Chrome will keep encouraging users to move away from older extensions. In a Reddit thread from yesterday, other Google Chrome users also pointed out that uBlock Origin and other unsupported extensions are now automatically being turned off. Due to this, some immensely popular Google Chrome extensions, like uBlock Origin, are now gradually being automatically turned off in users' browsers worldwide. If you're affected by Google's Manifest V2 deprecation, you can switch to Manifest V3-supported extensions, such as the uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL), which the uBlock Origin developer has created. While Manifest V3 is supposed to benefit end users, it comes at the cost of functionality, as it imposes stricter limitations on browser extensions, particularly ad blockers and privacy-focused tools. For those unaware, Manifest V3 is Chrome's latest extension specification and is designed to limit extension access to user network requests, block developers from utilizing remote content, and improve overall performance.
This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:25:06 +0000