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Ad Blocker extension

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johnwyatt81
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I believe that your ad blocker can read my passwords and usernames entered on my Web Pages. I am extremely concerned about this, it would compromise my on line banking activities. Perhaps I have misunderstood your notes, I am 92 years of age

I believe that your ad blocker can read my passwords and usernames entered on my Web Pages. I am extremely concerned about this, it would compromise my on line banking activities. Perhaps I have misunderstood your notes, I am 92 years of age

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Ad blockers should only block ads, and with some, other things you don't want to see. What ad blocker are you using? Did you get it from the Mozilla add-ons site? What makes you think it is reading your passwords?

cor-el
cor-el
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There is only one permission available for ad content blocking extensions for accessing website to be able to see what needs to be blocked and this permission also allows to read passwords, but content blocking extensions do not look at passwords.

/questions/1336883 Why do so many extensions/addons want to "Access your data for all websites"?