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My only problem with it is that it blocks Google hangouts and Facebook messenger. I haven't figured out a way to make those work while it's enabled. Edit: not

My only problem with it is that it blocks Google hangouts and Facebook messenger. I haven't figured out a way to make those work while it's enabled. Edit: not sure why I'm getting downvoted. Apparently this is an issue, as gorhill mentions, when selecting the leaky IP option. They should make the implications much clearer.

gorhill 11y ago
Did you click the setting "Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses"? If so, this will prevent Hangout from working. Reference issue: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/757 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/757
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago
  Oh I had no idea that would prevent it from working. I wish they made that clear. Thanks!
  - gorhill 11y ago
    > I wish they made that clear I agree, I opened an issue to address this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/773 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/773
    - AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
      Hi gorhill, Love the app, by the way. It's the single reason I have Firefox on my Android device instead of Chrome. Do you happen to know WHY the leak breaks Hangouts? I'm assuming Hangouts now leverages the webRTC for connection--that's fine. But I was under the impression that the local IP leak was an unintended side-effect of webRTC, not a 'required component', if you will. Does having that checkbox on effectively break ALL webRTC components, or is it something specific with Hangouts' implementation?
      - gorhill 11y ago
        > I was under the impression that the local IP leak was an unintended side-effect of webRTC, not a 'required component' Same here. My understanding is that the breakage of Hangout is unintended, as the original Chromium issue for the IP address leakage states[1]: > This change causes WebRTC traffic to be forced through the same path that HTTP traffic would, i.e. the traffic follows the default route to the destination site. In other words the purpose of the setting is strictly to prevent IP address leakage, not to prevent WebRTC from working. [1] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=333752#c47 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=333752#c...
    - BinaryIdiot 11y ago
      Oh I had no idea you were the author. Very cool; thanks!
coldpie 11y ago
I have not had that problem. I access Hangouts through gmail.com.

gorhill 11y ago

Did you click the setting "Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses"? If so, this will prevent Hangout from working. Reference issue: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/757 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/757

BinaryIdiot 11y ago
Oh I had no idea that would prevent it from working. I wish they made that clear. Thanks!
- gorhill 11y ago
  > I wish they made that clear I agree, I opened an issue to address this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/773 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/773
  - AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
    Hi gorhill, Love the app, by the way. It's the single reason I have Firefox on my Android device instead of Chrome. Do you happen to know WHY the leak breaks Hangouts? I'm assuming Hangouts now leverages the webRTC for connection--that's fine. But I was under the impression that the local IP leak was an unintended side-effect of webRTC, not a 'required component', if you will. Does having that checkbox on effectively break ALL webRTC components, or is it something specific with Hangouts' implementation?
    - gorhill 11y ago
      > I was under the impression that the local IP leak was an unintended side-effect of webRTC, not a 'required component' Same here. My understanding is that the breakage of Hangout is unintended, as the original Chromium issue for the IP address leakage states[1]: > This change causes WebRTC traffic to be forced through the same path that HTTP traffic would, i.e. the traffic follows the default route to the destination site. In other words the purpose of the setting is strictly to prevent IP address leakage, not to prevent WebRTC from working. [1] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=333752#c47 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=333752#c...
  - BinaryIdiot 11y ago
    Oh I had no idea you were the author. Very cool; thanks!

coldpie 11y ago

I have not had that problem. I access Hangouts through gmail.com.