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you're well on your way to default-deny mode on uBlock, which is a great way to run uBlock Origin / uMatrix if you don't mind a couple of refreshes and a couple

you're well on your way to default-deny mode on uBlock, which is a great way to run uBlock Origin / uMatrix if you don't mind a couple of refreshes and a couple false starts when it comes to ordering stuff on e.g. shopify: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-default-deny https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

e40 6y ago
That was a nice rabbit whole. Thanks. I'm using medium mode now and I've disabled uMatrix, because I think I didn't really understand how to use uMatrix and I think it made me less safe.
- jniedrauer 6y ago
  > I think it made me less safe. That's unlikely, unless it increased your own risky behavior. If you install uMatrix and then set it to allow all content, you would be in the same situation as if you didn't have uMatrix at all, ie. no less safe.
  - e40 6y ago
    You're right. When I think about it now, it's clear I'm really comparing these two states: 1. uBO defaults + uMatrix which is mostly in "allow all mode" 2. uBO in medium mode (as defined by the above video) w/o uMatrix installed I think (2) is safer than (1). I've been in (1) mode pretty much since I started using uMatrix (2 years?).
- OJFord 6y ago
  You may realise (and perhaps just be yet to switch, like me..) but uMatrix is no longer maintained; the repo is archived. There is a fork intending to continue maintaining it, called nuTensor.
tux 6y ago
Yeah I agree, I been using uBlock/uMatrix on all browsers/profiles for many years. Everything is disabled by default. Works very well if you know what you are doing :-)
justinlloyd 6y ago
All of my computers are default deny. Annoys the hell out of my wife. Default deny is still staying on. She has learned that if she wants a strange website that she doesn't normally frequent to hit the "default allow with caution" button and only to rarely hit "okay, let's go incognito and enable everything" mode.
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  As a regular user this is the sort of issue I face too - it's fine to lock things down for me, but less technically inclined members of the household then have a severely degraded experience and their are many more 'support calls'. This leads to a policy which is much more liberal than it would be if it were just me, simply to maintain usability. Even just installing uBO on an elderly parents computer is a tough call as low resistance usability is very important and complex use flows get harder to teach/learn.

e40 6y ago

That was a nice rabbit whole. Thanks. I'm using medium mode now and I've disabled uMatrix, because I think I didn't really understand how to use uMatrix and I think it made me less safe.

jniedrauer 6y ago
> I think it made me less safe. That's unlikely, unless it increased your own risky behavior. If you install uMatrix and then set it to allow all content, you would be in the same situation as if you didn't have uMatrix at all, ie. no less safe.
- e40 6y ago
  You're right. When I think about it now, it's clear I'm really comparing these two states: 1. uBO defaults + uMatrix which is mostly in "allow all mode" 2. uBO in medium mode (as defined by the above video) w/o uMatrix installed I think (2) is safer than (1). I've been in (1) mode pretty much since I started using uMatrix (2 years?).
OJFord 6y ago
You may realise (and perhaps just be yet to switch, like me..) but uMatrix is no longer maintained; the repo is archived. There is a fork intending to continue maintaining it, called nuTensor.

tux 6y ago

Yeah I agree, I been using uBlock/uMatrix on all browsers/profiles for many years. Everything is disabled by default. Works very well if you know what you are doing :-)

justinlloyd 6y ago

All of my computers are default deny. Annoys the hell out of my wife. Default deny is still staying on. She has learned that if she wants a strange website that she doesn't normally frequent to hit the "default allow with caution" button and only to rarely hit "okay, let's go incognito and enable everything" mode.

pbhjpbhj 6y ago
As a regular user this is the sort of issue I face too - it's fine to lock things down for me, but less technically inclined members of the household then have a severely degraded experience and their are many more 'support calls'. This leads to a policy which is much more liberal than it would be if it were just me, simply to maintain usability. Even just installing uBO on an elderly parents computer is a tough call as low resistance usability is very important and complex use flows get harder to teach/learn.