Adblock Plus Exploit Allows Threat Actors to Read Gmail and Other Google Services | SC Media

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[–]fred_red_beans 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have been using adblock plus and have found it to be effective. I have not tried the other options mentioned in this post though.

Adblock Plus says the threat was minimal in the first place, and has removed the rewrite option:

Vulnerability? Fixed!

Potential vulnerability through the URL rewrite filter option

[–]BackwardsCompatible[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I used to use ABP a lot. I didn't switch personally due to any security issues overall, but I started to notice some sites getting around their ad block. I've had ublock since.