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In a statement responding to contact by Kate O'Flaherty, a cybersecurity and privacy journalist, a Google spokesperson says: "We want Chrome extensions to be safe and privacy-preserving, and detecting policy violations is essential to that effort."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Flaherty |first=Kate |date=2019-07-19 |title=Data Leak Warning Issued To Millions Of Google Chrome And Firefox Users |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/07/19/data-leak-warning-issued-to-millions-of-google-chrome-and-firefox-users/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=Forbes}}</ref> The spokesperson went on to mention, referring to Manifest V3, changes to extensions that "will mitigate or prevent this behavior," and "new policies that improve user privacy." Sam Jadali disagreed that Manifest V3 would make any meaningful change. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Miagkov |first=Alexei |last2=Gillula |first2=Jeremy |last3=Cyphers |first3=Bennett |date=2019-07-31 |title=Google’s Plans for Chrome Extensions Won’t Really Help Security |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/googles-plans-chrome-extensions-wont-really-help-security |url-status=live |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=EFF}}</ref> This is because Manifest V3 doesn't make changes to how "content scripts" work, or how extensions are allowed to observe data.<ref name=":1" /> According to the EFF, "The only part of Manifest V3 that goes directly to the heart of stopping DataSpii-like abuses is banning remotely hosted code."<ref name=":1" />

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