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> "the title nor the github account are up front about is that this is an ad/privacy blocker that comes with a rather large blacklist" This has been there for
by gorhill 13y ago
> "the title nor the github account are up front about is that this is an ad/privacy blocker that comes with a rather large blacklist"
This has been there for two months:
https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Quick-tour-%231%3A-3-of-7 https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Quick-tour-%...
"Thanks to these preset blacklists maintained by good spirited people, nothing from these locations could make it to the browser"
The slide is a bit dated though, as you can graylist or whitelist a preset blacklist entry, which was not possible back then.
- MDCore 13y agoAh. That is pretty obscure though! I can't even see how to get to the tour from the main page... Oh I see now, the Wiki link on the side. It's a good project and I love your UI. I'm not trying to criticise negatively, just point out that I was surprised by one of the major features, and perhaps others would be too.
- gorhill 13y agoFair enough. Yesterday night I also added the following in the first paragraph of the README file (and detailed description in Chrome store): "As of December 2013, the extension comes with preset blacklists totalling over 45,000 distinct hostnames."