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I know a lot of AdBlocking Tools/List that do not block Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics by default. Do you know the ones that do?

flavor8 10y ago
Ghostery, uBlock Origin. Running both in combination seems to get most bugs.
- deleted 10y ago
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bdz 10y ago
uBlock Origin + EFF Privacy Badger is a really powerful combo and works fine
- tommeader 10y ago
  Isn't that overkill? EFF Privacy Badger states that it's a one-extension solution rather than having ghostery, adblock + others: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://www.eff.org/privacybadger (2nd FAQ) I've never tried Privacy Badger myself, what's your reasoning for having both? Is it not quite as all-encompassing as it claims?
  - sp332 10y ago
    It's an anti-tracking extension, not an adblocker. uBlock Origin lets you sign up to custom lists and make custom rules which can include cosmetic filters. These are helpful for removing things from view even if they get loaded by your browser, which is darn convenient even though it's useless for preventing tracking.
    - EGreg 10y ago
      With fingerprinting, what's the point of all this? Browsers and Internet commections now have enough discoverable stuff via HTTP and JS to identify users uniquely enough that in 99% of cases the user's session can really get a unique id! Across publishers! Without third party cookies!!
      - sp332 10y ago
        Making it less reliable means the targeted ads are worth less money. Making it more difficult means it's less likely to be profitable.
      - Balgair 10y ago
        https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-spoofer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-...
        EGreg 10y ago
        That's great, but once you factor in all the people who downloaded this plugin and are otherwise slightly harder to fingerprint, it's still 99% accurate! So now what?
        Balgair 10y ago
        I don't understand your logic here
        tormeh 10y ago
        There's more to profiling than profiles. Local network topology, for example.
        Balgair 10y ago
        Ahhh, got it. Any suggestions then?
        EGreg 10y ago
Drakim 10y ago
You are stealing from the websites and content creators who needs to track and exploit your personal information to provide the internet as we know it today. /s
bballer 10y ago
Just to add to the others comments, get NoScript and you can control exactly who gets to run Javascript at all times. It makes the internet so much safer and you will be blown away at how many domains some sites are trying to run scripts from.
- necessity 10y ago
  By the way, isn't there a way to do this on Firefox itself? It would be an interesting option along with "don't accept cookies; exceptions".
- tunap 10y ago
  Gotta 2nd NoScript for blocking all detritus from wasting my data caps & cpu cycles, although the default white-list needs much purging out of the box. For added goodness, I also run the Blender Add-On[1] for the sites I do allow on occasion. I value my privacy <b>MORE</b> than the marketeers do. [1]https://github.com/meh/blender https://github.com/meh/blender
- angry-hacker 10y ago
  Noscript is harmful, the dev sold out and showed Spyware ads on its own noscript website! Noscript didn't block it btw. Change user agent to Windows and visit the site, see uf it's still up. You can't trust noscript.
- beagle3 10y ago
  uMatrix (from gorhill=Raymond Hill, of uBlock Origin fame) is extremely useful. I haven't used NoScript in 5 years or so, so things might have changed - but compared to what I remember, uMatrix is no less capable (in fact, more capable), and much easier to use -- though sadly, still not at a level that a non-techie will use.
distances 10y ago
uMatrix blocks all analytics by default. I'm running uBlock + uMatrix. Very clean browsing experience. Also quite bare-bones before adding site specific rules, which probably won't suit everyone :)
the_watcher 10y ago
AdBlock doesn't block GA. AdBlock blocks ads, not on site analytics tools. To block GA, either set your browser to do not track or disable JS
stordoff 10y ago
uBlock Origin (rule in Peter Lowe’s Ad server list) does, as does Steven Black's hosts file[1] (probably due to pulling from Peter Lowe's list). I use the latter for network-level blocking (dnsmasq on a DD-WRT router; forced DNS redirection), and it works surprisingly well - even the ads on my Xbox One dashboard are blocked. [1] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
mp3geek 10y ago
See https://secure.fanboy.co.nz https://secure.fanboy.co.nz Enhanced Trackers and Anti-Facebook lists

flavor8 10y ago

Ghostery, uBlock Origin. Running both in combination seems to get most bugs.

deleted 10y ago
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bdz 10y ago

uBlock Origin + EFF Privacy Badger is a really powerful combo and works fine

tommeader 10y ago
Isn't that overkill? EFF Privacy Badger states that it's a one-extension solution rather than having ghostery, adblock + others: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://www.eff.org/privacybadger (2nd FAQ) I've never tried Privacy Badger myself, what's your reasoning for having both? Is it not quite as all-encompassing as it claims?
- sp332 10y ago
  It's an anti-tracking extension, not an adblocker. uBlock Origin lets you sign up to custom lists and make custom rules which can include cosmetic filters. These are helpful for removing things from view even if they get loaded by your browser, which is darn convenient even though it's useless for preventing tracking.
  - EGreg 10y ago
    With fingerprinting, what's the point of all this? Browsers and Internet commections now have enough discoverable stuff via HTTP and JS to identify users uniquely enough that in 99% of cases the user's session can really get a unique id! Across publishers! Without third party cookies!!
    - sp332 10y ago
      Making it less reliable means the targeted ads are worth less money. Making it more difficult means it's less likely to be profitable.
    - Balgair 10y ago
      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-spoofer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-...
      - EGreg 10y ago
        That's great, but once you factor in all the people who downloaded this plugin and are otherwise slightly harder to fingerprint, it's still 99% accurate! So now what?
        Balgair 10y ago
        I don't understand your logic here
        tormeh 10y ago
        There's more to profiling than profiles. Local network topology, for example.
        Balgair 10y ago
        Ahhh, got it. Any suggestions then?
        EGreg 10y ago

Drakim 10y ago

You are stealing from the websites and content creators who needs to track and exploit your personal information to provide the internet as we know it today. /s

bballer 10y ago

Just to add to the others comments, get NoScript and you can control exactly who gets to run Javascript at all times. It makes the internet so much safer and you will be blown away at how many domains some sites are trying to run scripts from.

necessity 10y ago
By the way, isn't there a way to do this on Firefox itself? It would be an interesting option along with "don't accept cookies; exceptions".
tunap 10y ago
Gotta 2nd NoScript for blocking all detritus from wasting my data caps & cpu cycles, although the default white-list needs much purging out of the box. For added goodness, I also run the Blender Add-On[1] for the sites I do allow on occasion. I value my privacy <b>MORE</b> than the marketeers do. [1]https://github.com/meh/blender https://github.com/meh/blender
angry-hacker 10y ago
Noscript is harmful, the dev sold out and showed Spyware ads on its own noscript website! Noscript didn't block it btw. Change user agent to Windows and visit the site, see uf it's still up. You can't trust noscript.
beagle3 10y ago
uMatrix (from gorhill=Raymond Hill, of uBlock Origin fame) is extremely useful. I haven't used NoScript in 5 years or so, so things might have changed - but compared to what I remember, uMatrix is no less capable (in fact, more capable), and much easier to use -- though sadly, still not at a level that a non-techie will use.

distances 10y ago

uMatrix blocks all analytics by default. I'm running uBlock + uMatrix. Very clean browsing experience. Also quite bare-bones before adding site specific rules, which probably won't suit everyone :)

the_watcher 10y ago

AdBlock doesn't block GA. AdBlock blocks ads, not on site analytics tools. To block GA, either set your browser to do not track or disable JS

stordoff 10y ago

uBlock Origin (rule in Peter Lowe’s Ad server list) does, as does Steven Black's hosts file[1] (probably due to pulling from Peter Lowe's list). I use the latter for network-level blocking (dnsmasq on a DD-WRT router; forced DNS redirection), and it works surprisingly well - even the ads on my Xbox One dashboard are blocked. [1] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

mp3geek 10y ago

See https://secure.fanboy.co.nz https://secure.fanboy.co.nz Enhanced Trackers and Anti-Facebook lists