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		Karunamon on Dec 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No to Chrome A powered off computer is completely unhackable. This idea of removing usability in the name of safety has gone way, way too far. It was crap when Mozilla did it, it's crap when Apple does it.

jakelazaroff on Dec 6, 2019 [–]

Privacy is half the point of an ad blocker. I don’t think it’s ridiculous to enforce privacy constraints on something that ostensibly protects your privacy.

tyingq on Dec 6, 2019 | [–]

Given that both Safari and Chrome will continue to allow extensions to inject arbitrary JavaScript into any web page, I don't buy the privacy angle.

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