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Some of the scripts loaded by Wired when you access this article: > http://ads.rubiconproject.com/header/11644.js http://ads.rubiconproject.com/header/11644.js

Some of the scripts loaded by Wired when you access this article: > http://ads.rubiconproject.com/header/11644.js http://ads.rubiconproject.com/header/11644.js "Rubicon Project, the digital advertising infrastructure company, is on a mission to automate buying and selling for the global online advertising industry" > https://tags.bkrtx.com/js/bk-coretag.js https://tags.bkrtx.com/js/bk-coretag.js "BlueKai is a cloud-based big data platform that enables companies to personalize online, offline, and mobile marketing campaigns" > https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js "Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic." > http://b.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js http://b.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js "Through our global research efforts, ScorecardResearch collects data that assists companies around the world in providing products and services that better meet the needs of consumers" And of course: > http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js "Instagram is a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc" > http://connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js http://connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js It's Facebook.

Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
The Web has become unusable without uMatrix.
- patrickbolle 9y ago
  "unusable" is a very extreme word for this.
  - bauerd 9y ago
    "Unusable for the privacy-aware" does the job
    - roryisok 9y ago
      "unpalatable for the privacy-aware"
    - rmsaksida 9y ago
      Privacy issues aside, it has a noticeable effect on battery life.
      - Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
        Not to mention performance and usability. I never bothered with uMatrix until I picked up a cheap computer to use while traveling. Firefox was borderline unusable without it.
  - Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
    Firefox on one of my older/slower computers was borderline unusable on some sites before I installed uMatrix.
  - Yetanfou 9y ago
    Not really, it is as unhealthy for your personal integrity as waste water is for your physical well-being. Both can be made palatable by filtering, neither of them should be used without treatment.
- Yetanfou 9y ago
  ...or regular uBlock Origin in 'expert mode': Check 'I am an advanced user' in the settings, then click on either 'requests blocked' or 'domains connected' in the drop-down to access dynamic filtering. Block everything third-party by default by clicking in the right side of the second column. Load a site with lots of third-party content, disable the block (by clicking in the middle of the third column, greying-out the block) for only those things which seem to be essential to show page content and you're done. While not as fine-grained as uMatrix, uBlock Origin generally is the quicker way to go from 'empty page' to 'only the content I want' on sites which, without blocking, are tracker-ridden dark-pattern hell-holes.
dantillberg 9y ago
As some consolation, I'll note that the article is completely readable with JS disabled.

Mister_Snuggles 9y ago

The Web has become unusable without uMatrix.

patrickbolle 9y ago
"unusable" is a very extreme word for this.
- bauerd 9y ago
  "Unusable for the privacy-aware" does the job
  - roryisok 9y ago
    "unpalatable for the privacy-aware"
  - rmsaksida 9y ago
    Privacy issues aside, it has a noticeable effect on battery life.
    - Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
      Not to mention performance and usability. I never bothered with uMatrix until I picked up a cheap computer to use while traveling. Firefox was borderline unusable without it.
- Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
  Firefox on one of my older/slower computers was borderline unusable on some sites before I installed uMatrix.
- Yetanfou 9y ago
  Not really, it is as unhealthy for your personal integrity as waste water is for your physical well-being. Both can be made palatable by filtering, neither of them should be used without treatment.
Yetanfou 9y ago
...or regular uBlock Origin in 'expert mode': Check 'I am an advanced user' in the settings, then click on either 'requests blocked' or 'domains connected' in the drop-down to access dynamic filtering. Block everything third-party by default by clicking in the right side of the second column. Load a site with lots of third-party content, disable the block (by clicking in the middle of the third column, greying-out the block) for only those things which seem to be essential to show page content and you're done. While not as fine-grained as uMatrix, uBlock Origin generally is the quicker way to go from 'empty page' to 'only the content I want' on sites which, without blocking, are tracker-ridden dark-pattern hell-holes.

dantillberg 9y ago

As some consolation, I'll note that the article is completely readable with JS disabled.