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Are there any adblocker-like/privacy-proxy tools to neuter extensions like this?

uBlock Origin can be used to block requests made by the browser and by extensions. The logger UI allows you to inspect these requests, and the 'behind-the-scenes' keyword can be used instead of a domain to construct blocking rules.

See https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene..., which is applicable to both uBlock and uBlock Origin.

> uBlock Origin can be used to block requests made [...] by extensions

This is no longer true for the Chromium version. There were changes in Chromium which now prevent extensions from being able to inspect/block network requests made by other extensions.

See: https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/issues/338

Well that certainly is disappointing.

Imagine a more powerful API existed that an extension could use to control other extensions. Now the badware extensions start using the more powerful API and you're back to square one...

I'd like the ability to put an extension of my choice in a privileged mode so that it could escape such limitations. But sadly, given such feature, the usual response of asshole evil developers will be to ask users to give privileges to their extensions for "enhanced experience" or "to ensure that the extension works properly".

I would like to know about this as well, because I have never heard of such a product.

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