New Update Download Sentinel improved functionality new versions

Version 2.6.1 is avialable in the Chrome Web Store

What is changed?

Functionally nothing! Only implemented the checks and balances of uBlock Stripped (the automated test and verification tools).

@Shadowra publishes a test in the coming weeks, that is why I updated the tools (for testing) and pushed the programming standards application of UBS a bit further. This makes it easier to implement the feedback and tips of Shadowra based on his broad tests (@Sampei.Nihira did a lot of testing, but his feedback is already implemented in the version Shadowra will be testing).
 
@Sampei.Nihira and @Morro

Changes in version 2.6.2

Implemented the Levenshtein distance model for 100 wel known brands (regex had 30).

It's a classic algorithm from 1965 (Vladimir Levenshtein) that measures how many single-character edits — insertions, deletions, or substitutions — it takes to turn one string into another. "gooogle" → "google" is 1 edit (delete the extra o), so the Levenshtein distance is 1. It is used to detect sketchy URL's in a much advanced manner than I did with regex.


There is really no reason to NOT use Download Sentinel,
- it is inactive eating no CPU cycles when it is not triggered by Chrome (only jumps into action at on-download and file-write)
- it is nearly permission less (look at it in extension menu it needs no access to your webpages)
- it has heuristics which are engineered by a guy working for the Dutch National Cyber Security Agency

The reason I use it:
- it has privacy on top of mind
- it is open source
- adds a strong download protection layer (for me relevant on Linux with no AV)
 
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