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Episode #995 Quiz

uBlock Origin & Manifest V3
Date: 2024-10-08 | Length: 2.25 hrs | Episode page at twit.tv

About this episode

Meta was fined $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext, enabling employee access and credential reuse attacks. PayPal will default-share purchase histories with merchants unless users opt out. Cloudflare blocked a 3.8 Tbps DDoS sourced from exploited ASUS routers, highlighting firmware updates, automatic patching, and Manifest V2 retention.

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Question 1: What exact change did PayPal say would begin affecting information gathered after November 27, 2024 for most users outside California, North Dakota, and Vermont?

Question 1

What exact change did PayPal say would begin affecting information gathered after November 27, 2024 for most users outside California, North Dakota, and Vermont?

It would be shared with participating stores for personalized shopping It would be used only for fraud screening and chargeback handling It would be deleted unless users manually export it first It would be encrypted locally and stored only in the browser

Question 2: According to the episode, what was the peak size and duration of the Cloudflare-fended DDoS attack that broke the prior record?

Question 2

According to the episode, what was the peak size and duration of the Cloudflare-fended DDoS attack that broke the prior record?

3.8 terabits per second over 12 minutes 3.8 terabits per second over 65 seconds 3.47 terabits per second over 90 seconds 2.1 billion packets per second over 65 seconds

Question 3: What did Cloudflare say was the likely source of the record-breaking hyper-volumetric attack?

Question 3

What did Cloudflare say was the likely source of the record-breaking hyper-volumetric attack?

A set of abused public DNS resolvers A botnet of infected ASUS home routers A fleet of compromised AWS load balancers A malware campaign against enterprise firewalls

Question 4: What combination of browser-policy and file-based action did Steve describe to keep Manifest V2 extensions working in Chrome until June 2025 on Windows?

Question 4

What combination of browser-policy and file-based action did Steve describe to keep Manifest V2 extensions working in Chrome until June 2025 on Windows?

Set the Chrome policy to Enable and run the downloaded .REG file Set the Chrome policy to Disable and import the file from chrome://policy Leave the policy at Default and install uBlock Origin Lite Set the policy to Enable and open the file in chrome://extensions

Question 5: What specific weakness did Gorhill say uBlock Origin Lite has by default compared with full uBlock Origin?

Question 5

What specific weakness did Gorhill say uBlock Origin Lite has by default compared with full uBlock Origin?

It requires a paid subscription to update filter lists It lacks cosmetic filtering and scriptlet injection by default It blocks fewer pages because it disables HTTPS interception It cannot run on Firefox because it is Chromium-only

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