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I opted out with ublock origin and dns blocking.

by darkstar999 5y ago

amelius 5y ago
I opted out by setting the do-not-track header.
- yabones 5y ago
  Does that actually do anything? I was always under the impression the DNT header was just screaming into the void.
  - mdaniel 5y ago
    I recently saw the NYT has a paragraph in their CCPA document that speaks about the DNT header, although without using the word header. They say the text in the footer changes based on the opt-out so maybe they're handling that server side, but I haven't checked it https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/california-notice https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/california-notice
  - jspazz 5y ago
    I've noticed that on some sites where I enable cookies and JS, the cookie banner/popup has fewer checkboxes preselected with DNT than without. I don't know how to check if they honor my choices, but at least this is something you could sue them over coz of GDPR.
- guessmyname 5y ago
  Very few advertising companies actually supported DNT, due to a lack of regulatory or voluntary requirements for its use. > DNT is not widely adopted by the industry, with companies citing the lack of legal mandates for its use, as well as unclear standards and guidelines for how websites are to interpret the header. Thus, critics proport that it is not guaranteed enabling DNT will actually have any effect at all. > — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track
- alvarlagerlof 5y ago
  You basically didn't
  - amelius 5y ago
    It's an industry standard. Folks better adhere to it or else they might get into legal trouble.
    - MaxBarraclough 5y ago
      It doesn't have legal force. Wikipedia tells me it isn't really even a proper standard; standardisation efforts stopped when it became clear it wasn't going to be effective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track_legislation
fartcannon 5y ago
And by using Firefox, or an ungoogled Chromium.
- josefx 5y ago
  As far as I understand Firefox uses it for various browser features like its add-on page, it also prevents add-ons from running on these sites.
  - 5e92cb50239222b 5y ago
    Firefox disables Google Analytics even without any add-ons if you have the anti-tracking options on. This also works on "special" pages. Go to addons.mozilla.org and have a gander at dev tools: [GA] Do Not Track Enabled; Google Analytics not loaded and tracking disabled Edit: actually, this is them simply respecting your DNT policy, but Firefox also has a special blocker for these things. It also ships with some shims that unbreak badly developed sites which break without Analytics scripts present.
    - littlestymaar 5y ago
      Has Firefox stopped using Google Analytics for themselves (IIRC they used it to monitor how people where using the “preference” section of Firefox, which caused quite a bit of outrage when it was known)?
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solnyshok 5y ago
same. using ublock on desktop (firefox and edge) and mobile (firefox). why kill only google analytics when there are thousands of creeps
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propogandist 5y ago
isn't Google Chrome's Manifest V3 update going to limit effectiveness of uBlock Origin and similar content blockers?
- contravariant 5y ago
  Well obviously you should be using a browser that actually supports uBlock Origin for it to work.
  - propogandist 5y ago
    the chromium variant I use will be impacted; FF is adopting Manifest V3 too, it seems - https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...
    - kxrm 5y ago
      They are adopting v3 but the important aspect is they are not deprecating the old v2 functionality. Chrome is deprecating v2 which will break these types of extensions.
    - oneweekwonder 5y ago
      From the blog post, FF will keep the functionality to block web requests, unlike chrome. > After discussing this with several content blocking extension developers, we have decided to implement DNR and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest
ronnier 5y ago
Same: Brave Browser, ublock origin, privacy badger, pihole.

I opted out with ublock origin and dns blocking.

amelius 5y ago

I opted out by setting the do-not-track header.

yabones 5y ago
Does that actually do anything? I was always under the impression the DNT header was just screaming into the void.
- mdaniel 5y ago
  I recently saw the NYT has a paragraph in their CCPA document that speaks about the DNT header, although without using the word header. They say the text in the footer changes based on the opt-out so maybe they're handling that server side, but I haven't checked it https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/california-notice https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/california-notice
- jspazz 5y ago
  I've noticed that on some sites where I enable cookies and JS, the cookie banner/popup has fewer checkboxes preselected with DNT than without. I don't know how to check if they honor my choices, but at least this is something you could sue them over coz of GDPR.
guessmyname 5y ago
Very few advertising companies actually supported DNT, due to a lack of regulatory or voluntary requirements for its use. > DNT is not widely adopted by the industry, with companies citing the lack of legal mandates for its use, as well as unclear standards and guidelines for how websites are to interpret the header. Thus, critics proport that it is not guaranteed enabling DNT will actually have any effect at all. > — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track
alvarlagerlof 5y ago
You basically didn't
- amelius 5y ago
  It's an industry standard. Folks better adhere to it or else they might get into legal trouble.
  - MaxBarraclough 5y ago
    It doesn't have legal force. Wikipedia tells me it isn't really even a proper standard; standardisation efforts stopped when it became clear it wasn't going to be effective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track_legislation

fartcannon 5y ago

And by using Firefox, or an ungoogled Chromium.

josefx 5y ago
As far as I understand Firefox uses it for various browser features like its add-on page, it also prevents add-ons from running on these sites.
- 5e92cb50239222b 5y ago
  Firefox disables Google Analytics even without any add-ons if you have the anti-tracking options on. This also works on "special" pages. Go to addons.mozilla.org and have a gander at dev tools: [GA] Do Not Track Enabled; Google Analytics not loaded and tracking disabled Edit: actually, this is them simply respecting your DNT policy, but Firefox also has a special blocker for these things. It also ships with some shims that unbreak badly developed sites which break without Analytics scripts present.
  - littlestymaar 5y ago
    Has Firefox stopped using Google Analytics for themselves (IIRC they used it to monitor how people where using the “preference” section of Firefox, which caused quite a bit of outrage when it was known)?
- deleted 5y ago
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solnyshok 5y ago

same. using ublock on desktop (firefox and edge) and mobile (firefox). why kill only google analytics when there are thousands of creeps

deleted 5y ago

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propogandist 5y ago

isn't Google Chrome's Manifest V3 update going to limit effectiveness of uBlock Origin and similar content blockers?

contravariant 5y ago
Well obviously you should be using a browser that actually supports uBlock Origin for it to work.
- propogandist 5y ago
  the chromium variant I use will be impacted; FF is adopting Manifest V3 too, it seems - https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...
  - kxrm 5y ago
    They are adopting v3 but the important aspect is they are not deprecating the old v2 functionality. Chrome is deprecating v2 which will break these types of extensions.
  - oneweekwonder 5y ago
    From the blog post, FF will keep the functionality to block web requests, unlike chrome. > After discussing this with several content blocking extension developers, we have decided to implement DNR and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest

ronnier 5y ago

Same: Brave Browser, ublock origin, privacy badger, pihole.