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Now that HTML5 is gradually replacing Flash, has anyone seen a good Flashblock replacement for blocking HTML5?

by nix0n 10y ago

Nadya 10y ago
Block all Canvas, Audio and Video elements?
- nix0n 10y ago
  Yes, I'm looking for a browser plugin to do that (with whitelisting to turn some back on, preferably).
  - Nadya 10y ago
    uBlock or any other ad blocking add-on should be able to. Add "##video", "##audio", and "##canvas" to your blacklist rules to remove them from the DOM. Then you can whitelist on a per-site basis to turn them back on if desired.
    - unexistance 10y ago
      Can I ask for an example entry / site that you actually do this?
- Grue3 10y ago
  Don't forget shit like WebRTC that's impossible to turn off and known to leak certain private information (such as internal IPs).
  - cpeterso 10y ago
    Here is a Firefox add-on to disable WebRTC: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disable-webrtc/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disabl... The source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/disable-webrtc-firefox https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/disable-webrtc-firefox
    - ComodoHacker 10y ago
      All it does is set media.peerconnection.enabled to false. Looks like it's not enough, since WebTorrent[1] is working somehow anyway. [1] https://webtorrent.io/ https://webtorrent.io/
      - Sylos 10y ago
        Do you get more than one peer? I seem to get only one when I disable media.peerconnection.enabled and I assume that one peer is just the server streaming the video directly.
        ComodoHacker 10y ago
        Yes, it falls back to web seed. I've got explanation from devs.
- dredmorbius 10y ago
  I've actually seen some video play anyway despite having parent elements / own elements blocked. I block the source video content networks or whatever they're called, in /etc/hosts or equivalent. Those should be addable as custom blocklists in uBlock Origin as well. See following post higher up this thread.
dredmorbius 10y ago
The most effective way I've found to disable autoplay is to simply block the video content networks which provide these. At my last update, it was a rather small set. This is particularly effective against large media sites (and yes, it means you'll need to unblock to see the video content, if you wish to). 0.0.0.0 player.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 link.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ci-2862d2c8d6-68f418d2.http.atlas.cdn.yimg.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 big.assets.huffingtonpost.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht1.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht2.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht3.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht4.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht5.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht6.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht7.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht8.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht9.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video Alternatively, uMatrix should allow you to globally blacklist, then optionally whitelist same.

Now that HTML5 is gradually replacing Flash, has anyone seen a good Flashblock replacement for blocking HTML5?

by nix0n 10y ago

Now that HTML5 is gradually replacing Flash, has anyone seen a good Flashblock replacement for blocking HTML5?

Nadya 10y ago

Block all Canvas, Audio and Video elements?

nix0n 10y ago
Yes, I'm looking for a browser plugin to do that (with whitelisting to turn some back on, preferably).
- Nadya 10y ago
  uBlock or any other ad blocking add-on should be able to. Add "##video", "##audio", and "##canvas" to your blacklist rules to remove them from the DOM. Then you can whitelist on a per-site basis to turn them back on if desired.
  - unexistance 10y ago
    Can I ask for an example entry / site that you actually do this?
Grue3 10y ago
Don't forget shit like WebRTC that's impossible to turn off and known to leak certain private information (such as internal IPs).
- cpeterso 10y ago
  Here is a Firefox add-on to disable WebRTC: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disable-webrtc/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disabl... The source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/disable-webrtc-firefox https://github.com/ChrisAntaki/disable-webrtc-firefox
  - ComodoHacker 10y ago
    All it does is set media.peerconnection.enabled to false. Looks like it's not enough, since WebTorrent[1] is working somehow anyway. [1] https://webtorrent.io/ https://webtorrent.io/
    - Sylos 10y ago
      Do you get more than one peer? I seem to get only one when I disable media.peerconnection.enabled and I assume that one peer is just the server streaming the video directly.
      - ComodoHacker 10y ago
        Yes, it falls back to web seed. I've got explanation from devs.
dredmorbius 10y ago
I've actually seen some video play anyway despite having parent elements / own elements blocked. I block the source video content networks or whatever they're called, in /etc/hosts or equivalent. Those should be addable as custom blocklists in uBlock Origin as well. See following post higher up this thread.

dredmorbius 10y ago

The most effective way I've found to disable autoplay is to simply block the video content networks which provide these. At my last update, it was a rather small set. This is particularly effective against large media sites (and yes, it means you'll need to unblock to see the video content, if you wish to). 0.0.0.0 player.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 link.theplatform.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ci-2862d2c8d6-68f418d2.http.atlas.cdn.yimg.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 big.assets.huffingtonpost.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht1.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht2.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht3.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht4.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht5.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht6.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht7.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht8.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video 0.0.0.0 ht9.cdn.turner.com # Autoplay video Alternatively, uMatrix should allow you to globally blacklist, then optionally whitelist same.