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I prefer "Request Policy", which blocks everything that comes from external domains, and allows you to selectively enable what's needed on a per domain basis, i

by pygy_ 13y ago

I prefer "Request Policy", which blocks everything that comes from external domains, and allows you to selectively enable what's needed on a per domain basis, i.e. you can enable googleapis.com on google domains, but it remains off everywhere else. It's usually obvious to spot the CDNs and avoid the spies. It breaks a lot of things initially, but after a while, the sites you use often are properly whitelisted, and it isn't a pain anymore.

zwegner 13y ago
Seconded. I use this along with NoScript, SelfDestructingCookies, and Adblock Edge (an ABP fork without any "acceptable ads" feature). A lot of the time it's a big pain to get it working right (say, to watch a video on a news site), but that's simply the price I have to pay in today's web to retain at least a bit of privacy and security. If anyone wants to make a neat extension, it seems like all these extensions could be combined into one with a slightly better user interface. If you want to make it really spiffy, the black/white listing for these could be shared in a distributed hash table with some sort of voting/trust mechanism.
- cpeterso 13y ago
  Is the only difference between Adblock Edge and Adblock Plus that ABE removes the "acceptable ads" checkbox? The ABE site is unclear because it talks about being a fork.
- xarball 13y ago
  I've been thinking this for a while too! The best comparison would be something akin to "Would you like to allow cnn.com to access XYZ?" that most mobile phones use these days. It seems that the more locked-down hardware manufacturers may have accidentally stumbled upon a kind of end-user workflow that may actually work for controlling what they want to share with the web!
pygy_ 13y ago
The edit window is now closed, and I realise I forgot to post a link. To make up for it, I'll give you two for the same price. https://www.requestpolicy.com/ https://www.requestpolicy.com/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon./RequestPolicy/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon./RequestPolic...

by pygy_ 13y ago

zwegner 13y ago

Seconded. I use this along with NoScript, SelfDestructingCookies, and Adblock Edge (an ABP fork without any "acceptable ads" feature). A lot of the time it's a big pain to get it working right (say, to watch a video on a news site), but that's simply the price I have to pay in today's web to retain at least a bit of privacy and security. If anyone wants to make a neat extension, it seems like all these extensions could be combined into one with a slightly better user interface. If you want to make it really spiffy, the black/white listing for these could be shared in a distributed hash table with some sort of voting/trust mechanism.

cpeterso 13y ago
Is the only difference between Adblock Edge and Adblock Plus that ABE removes the "acceptable ads" checkbox? The ABE site is unclear because it talks about being a fork.
xarball 13y ago
I've been thinking this for a while too! The best comparison would be something akin to "Would you like to allow cnn.com to access XYZ?" that most mobile phones use these days. It seems that the more locked-down hardware manufacturers may have accidentally stumbled upon a kind of end-user workflow that may actually work for controlling what they want to share with the web!

pygy_ 13y ago

The edit window is now closed, and I realise I forgot to post a link. To make up for it, I'll give you two for the same price. https://www.requestpolicy.com/ https://www.requestpolicy.com/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon./RequestPolicy/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon./RequestPolic...