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AdBlock is for blocking (annoying) ads, not trackers.
by r4vik 14y ago
AdBlock is for blocking (annoying) ads, not trackers.
- nostromo 14y agoWell it does seem to block some retargeting pixels -- and this seems like a worse form of retargeting.
- fl3tch 14y agoDepends on the filter list. EasyPrivacy is designed to block trackers, and if you look at the list https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt you'll see that Demandbase is there.
- barrkel 14y agoAdBlock blocks requests by URL matching and hides DOM nodes based on a handful of selectors. Whether this blocking and hiding is targeted towards ads or not is incidental.