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I use adblock plus (imo interchangeable with ublock origin), noScript, facebook container, and HTTPS everywhere. No script is a pain to begin with, but you com

I use adblock plus (imo interchangeable with ublock origin), noScript, facebook container, and HTTPS everywhere. No script is a pain to begin with, but you come to find out that google and facebook are everywhere constantly watching. It's incredibly unsettling.

ffpip 6y ago
Adblock Plus itself has trackers in it. They also accept money to whitelist every major ad company and trackers meaning you gain nothing privacy wise and just waste CPU resources. uBlock Origin is many times better (and faster)
decasteve 6y ago
NoScript is inconvenient, but essential. All of the other extensions are airbags whereas NoScript is the seatbelt.
stanski 6y ago
I went through the pain period of noscript but still couldn't stick with it. I had to be constantly mindful every time I buy something online. The process would half-fail at some stage and then I have to start hunting for which domain is the one that's essential for the checkout to complete. This is not NoScript's fault of course. Some websites are including 20-30 different domains (check out maperformance.com for example) and picking and choosing to get something to work is a nightmare.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
  It's annoying, but then it lets me know "don't shop there anymore" if it's that bad. jomashop for instance...
- timbit42 6y ago
  One option is the disable NoScript in Private Windows and use private windows for online purchasing. Another option is to use another web browser for online purchasing.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  I keep a separate browser profile just for purchases; once I've decided to buy something, I open that profile and copy the URL over. That way, my "browsing" profile remains locked down, and purchases stay easy.
vorpalhex 6y ago
adblock and ublock are absolutely not interchangeable. Here is the source code for ublock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock which is GNU GPL v3.0 Adblock is run by Wladimir Palant's Eyeo GmbH. It used to be an open source project but was rewritten to what it is now and is tied to "acceptable advertising" policies and is run by a for-profit company. As always, if you aren't paying for it, you should be asking who is.
- esperent 6y ago
  Who's paying for uBlock?
  - severine 6y ago
    uBlock Origin is Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought. Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free. You can contribute by helping translate uBlock Origin on Crowdin: https://crowdin.net/project/ublock https://crowdin.net/project/ublock from https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#about https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#about
  - TheCapn 6y ago
    You can't separate the "if you're not paying" line from the "for-profit company" and apply it to the free/open source project.
    - vorpalhex 6y ago
      Well someone is still paying for opensource.. the maintainers and developers. The contributors. They're mostly paying with time, but there's some direct cost too. It's why we want to be good users of open source and contribute back, whether that's donating or helping write documentation, manage issues, etc. The cost of open source is the direct cost - what it takes to build an adblocker in this case. The cost of a for-profit product is the direct cost and the profit margin - a higher number in every situation. Instead of the for profit company paying that, it's some external party and if that isn't you it's.. well, still somebody. As the saying goes, if you aren't the customer, you're the product.

ffpip 6y ago

Adblock Plus itself has trackers in it. They also accept money to whitelist every major ad company and trackers meaning you gain nothing privacy wise and just waste CPU resources. uBlock Origin is many times better (and faster)

decasteve 6y ago

NoScript is inconvenient, but essential. All of the other extensions are airbags whereas NoScript is the seatbelt.

stanski 6y ago

I went through the pain period of noscript but still couldn't stick with it. I had to be constantly mindful every time I buy something online. The process would half-fail at some stage and then I have to start hunting for which domain is the one that's essential for the checkout to complete. This is not NoScript's fault of course. Some websites are including 20-30 different domains (check out maperformance.com for example) and picking and choosing to get something to work is a nightmare.

MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
It's annoying, but then it lets me know "don't shop there anymore" if it's that bad. jomashop for instance...
timbit42 6y ago
One option is the disable NoScript in Private Windows and use private windows for online purchasing. Another option is to use another web browser for online purchasing.
yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
I keep a separate browser profile just for purchases; once I've decided to buy something, I open that profile and copy the URL over. That way, my "browsing" profile remains locked down, and purchases stay easy.

vorpalhex 6y ago

adblock and ublock are absolutely not interchangeable. Here is the source code for ublock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock which is GNU GPL v3.0 Adblock is run by Wladimir Palant's Eyeo GmbH. It used to be an open source project but was rewritten to what it is now and is tied to "acceptable advertising" policies and is run by a for-profit company. As always, if you aren't paying for it, you should be asking who is.

esperent 6y ago
Who's paying for uBlock?
- severine 6y ago
  uBlock Origin is Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought. Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free. You can contribute by helping translate uBlock Origin on Crowdin: https://crowdin.net/project/ublock https://crowdin.net/project/ublock from https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#about https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#about
- TheCapn 6y ago
  You can't separate the "if you're not paying" line from the "for-profit company" and apply it to the free/open source project.
  - vorpalhex 6y ago
    Well someone is still paying for opensource.. the maintainers and developers. The contributors. They're mostly paying with time, but there's some direct cost too. It's why we want to be good users of open source and contribute back, whether that's donating or helping write documentation, manage issues, etc. The cost of open source is the direct cost - what it takes to build an adblocker in this case. The cost of a for-profit product is the direct cost and the profit margin - a higher number in every situation. Instead of the for profit company paying that, it's some external party and if that isn't you it's.. well, still somebody. As the saying goes, if you aren't the customer, you're the product.