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May 8, 2006 :: Volume 2, Issue 4
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Firefox Web Browser Add-on Lets Surfers Remove Ads, But is it Safe?

Posted by TimSlavin at March 28, 2005

"Rip, mix--get burned?

That's one cautionary note making the rounds along with a popular new extension for Firefox that lets people customize Web pages they visit without the knowledge or cooperation of Web publishers. The extension, dubbed Greasemonkey, lets people run what's known as a "user script," which alters a Web page as the page is downloaded.

That capability has gained the extension an avid following of Web surfers who want to customize the sites they visit, removing design glitches and stripping sites of ads. But the extension comes with substantial security risks and could stir trouble among site owners who object to individual, custom redesigns of their pages."

From CNET. Best bit: while Google and Microsoft have been screamed at for doing much the same thing (changing the page layout of sites), supposedly its okay for Firefox users (of which I am one).
URLs:

http://news.com.com/2102-1032_3-5631009.html?tag=st.util.print

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