What Manifest V3 Means for Brave Shields and the Use of Extensions in Brave
10 months ago
- #Manifest V3
- #Privacy
- #Brave Browser
- Brave will continue to support select Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions like AdGuard, NoScript, uBlock Origin, and uMatrix.
- Brave Shields remain unaffected by Google's deprecation of MV2, as they are built natively into the browser.
- Google plans to remove MV2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store by June 2025, but Brave will offer limited MV2 support.
- Manifest V3 (MV3) imposes restrictions on extensions, limiting their ad-blocking capabilities.
- Brave is developing new features like procedural filtering to enhance privacy and ad-blocking.
- Brave provides built-in privacy protections such as fingerprint randomization and ephemeral storage partitions.
- Brave Wallet will soon support Cardano, including native assets and transaction capabilities.