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I run uBlock for the sake of not getting bogged down by resource heavy ads/cryptominers and to mitigate the threat of malware, not so much tracking. I would ass

I run uBlock for the sake of not getting bogged down by resource heavy ads/cryptominers and to mitigate the threat of malware, not so much tracking. I would assume most major ad companies have already vastly improved fingerprinting and will be able to track unique devices despite all conventional trackers being blocked. Add to that how more and more sites require you to be signed in to be functionally useful that ad tracker blocking is becoming less useful as time goes on. In any case ad personalisation does work with me as I never click on any ad, personalised or not.

HenryBemis 7y ago
If you are using Firefox, they have started the war against browser fingerprinting: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting... So, with a strong hosts file, a blocker/noscript/privacy badger we are in a better place. It is always a cat and mouse game though.. My go-to for HOSTS is: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
- vic-traill 7y ago
  I've been using the MVPS HOSTS file [0] on Windows for a long time. I don't know if it is maintained any better than any other curated HOSTS files, but its been around for 20 years. I've just confirmed that it is still a Filter Lists option in uBlock Origin. The web page sure gets points for being state-of-the-art circa 1998. At least there's no Blink tags. :) [0] http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
  - HenryBemis 7y ago
    My "objection" with having some things ONLY on the browser, is that there are other applications that speak with the internet (e.g. Windows Telemetry). I didn't see anyone mentioning this, a very useful site for Browsers' filters: https://filterlists.com/ https://filterlists.com/
- yellow_lead 7y ago
  I think this GitHub one is a bit better documented maybe, but both look good. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
  - quindecagon 7y ago
    Steven's host file even includes "someonewhocares"'s.

HenryBemis 7y ago

If you are using Firefox, they have started the war against browser fingerprinting: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting... So, with a strong hosts file, a blocker/noscript/privacy badger we are in a better place. It is always a cat and mouse game though.. My go-to for HOSTS is: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

vic-traill 7y ago
I've been using the MVPS HOSTS file [0] on Windows for a long time. I don't know if it is maintained any better than any other curated HOSTS files, but its been around for 20 years. I've just confirmed that it is still a Filter Lists option in uBlock Origin. The web page sure gets points for being state-of-the-art circa 1998. At least there's no Blink tags. :) [0] http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
- HenryBemis 7y ago
  My "objection" with having some things ONLY on the browser, is that there are other applications that speak with the internet (e.g. Windows Telemetry). I didn't see anyone mentioning this, a very useful site for Browsers' filters: https://filterlists.com/ https://filterlists.com/
yellow_lead 7y ago
I think this GitHub one is a bit better documented maybe, but both look good. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
- quindecagon 7y ago
  Steven's host file even includes "someonewhocares"'s.