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It's not a private list: https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.

by mhaymo 12y ago

It's not a private list: https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules.txt https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules.tx...

Karunamon 12y ago
There are two "allow" methods, one from the acceptable ads list, which is public, and another via an "x-adblock-key" that can be provided in an HTTP header. There is no list of which sites use the key.
y4mi 12y ago
as wreegab pointed out earlier > So in fact there is really a public list and a private list it appears (through the x-adblock-key header), while the public list is presented as all there is to "acceptable ads". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103119 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103119
- martin56 12y ago
  No, there is no private list, it's just the public one. You can check out the key header whitelist here: http://cheme.com/ http://cheme.com/ Visit this site with "Acceptable Ads" enabled and disabled and you will see the difference. Notice the "data-adblockkey" in the source. This was publically announced in their "Acceptable Ads proposal" forum here and later added to the public list: https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17699 https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17699
  - wreegab 12y ago
    > Visit this site with "Acceptable Ads" enabled and disabled and you will see the difference Nowwhere did I say pages with the x-adblock-key were not respecting the "Acceptable ads" setting. I said that there are more whitelisted sites than just what is presented as the only list in the section titled "How can I see what you are allowing?" on ABP's reference page regarding "acceptable ads" [1]. [1] https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list
    - martin56 12y ago
      That's right, you didn't say that. You said there is a "public" and a "private" list. To me this sounds like the "private" one is somehow hidden from the public and cannot be seen which isn't the case.
      - Karunamon 12y ago
        There is no list of sites which utilize the header and do not appear on the main allow list.
        martin56 12y ago
        It's a whitelist for parked domains...
        Karunamon 12y ago
        In what world is a page full of nothing but advertisements considered "unintrusive" and deserving of whitelisting?
      - flaviu1 12y ago
        I don't necessarily trust the adblock developers. The whitelist can say that a sitekey is only used on certain sites, but how can I know it isn't also being used on others? If sites want to have their ads white-listed, they should be less sneaky about it and just add `ad` to the class, making it possible for the users to prove that only that ad is whitelisted.

by mhaymo 12y ago

Karunamon 12y ago

There are two "allow" methods, one from the acceptable ads list, which is public, and another via an "x-adblock-key" that can be provided in an HTTP header. There is no list of which sites use the key.

y4mi 12y ago

as wreegab pointed out earlier > So in fact there is really a public list and a private list it appears (through the x-adblock-key header), while the public list is presented as all there is to "acceptable ads". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103119 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103119

martin56 12y ago
No, there is no private list, it's just the public one. You can check out the key header whitelist here: http://cheme.com/ http://cheme.com/ Visit this site with "Acceptable Ads" enabled and disabled and you will see the difference. Notice the "data-adblockkey" in the source. This was publically announced in their "Acceptable Ads proposal" forum here and later added to the public list: https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17699 https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17699
- wreegab 12y ago
  > Visit this site with "Acceptable Ads" enabled and disabled and you will see the difference Nowwhere did I say pages with the x-adblock-key were not respecting the "Acceptable ads" setting. I said that there are more whitelisted sites than just what is presented as the only list in the section titled "How can I see what you are allowing?" on ABP's reference page regarding "acceptable ads" [1]. [1] https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#list
  - martin56 12y ago
    That's right, you didn't say that. You said there is a "public" and a "private" list. To me this sounds like the "private" one is somehow hidden from the public and cannot be seen which isn't the case.
    - Karunamon 12y ago
      There is no list of sites which utilize the header and do not appear on the main allow list.
      - martin56 12y ago
        It's a whitelist for parked domains...
        Karunamon 12y ago
        In what world is a page full of nothing but advertisements considered "unintrusive" and deserving of whitelisting?
    - flaviu1 12y ago
      I don't necessarily trust the adblock developers. The whitelist can say that a sitekey is only used on certain sites, but how can I know it isn't also being used on others? If sites want to have their ads white-listed, they should be less sneaky about it and just add `ad` to the class, making it possible for the users to prove that only that ad is whitelisted.