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		WrtCdEvrydy on Jan 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blocking website ads with a hosts file There was a chrome plugin that allowed you to modify the hosts file from an extension window. I wonder if there'd be something that allowed you to allow ads on the current page and just removed it from the hsots file.

bluedino on Jan 23, 2019 [–]

My browser being able to modify network configuration files. Now there's something I don't want.

WrtCdEvrydy on Jan 23, 2019 | [–]

If you like that, you'll love the 'all_urls' permission which most apps request.

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