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ublock is more about ads, and this is tracking. While they usually come hand in hand, Facebook ads (eg: while on facebook) don't add additional tracking.

plorg 11y ago
uBlock in 'Advanced User' mode[0] allows for significant, granular script and iframe blocking. 3rd-party default-deny mode, even in the absence of the EasyPrivacy list will give you a significant amount of control over external entities that are frequently used to track users across the web. It's also somewhat more intelligible than NoScript. I would argue that with Dynamic filtering (enabled for advanced users) the goal of uBlock is not limited to ads, but to any undesired content on the internet. I guess you could say the same about Adblock, though, so I guess YMMV. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-quick-guide https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...
gorhill 11y ago
I specifically emphasize on the home page of the project [1]: "uBlock Origin (or uBlock₀) is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker." It will report everything to the user -- including behind-the-scene network requests [2]. --- [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-network-requests https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-netw...
- nextos 11y ago
  So this firefox feature is just a subset of what ublock does? BTW, thanks for ublock.
  - nhf 11y ago
    If I remember correctly from the presentation (I was at W2SP where the associated talk was given) there were unspecified performance benefits over having this outsourced to the plugin architecture. I can't download the paper right now for some reason, but I'm sure it's detailed in there.
chippy 11y ago
So perhaps it's more like ghostery than an adblocker.
- gorhill 11y ago
  Ghostery does not report everything, only what is part of its internal database. uBlock does report everything -- and users can act on that information.
mp3geek 11y ago
Depends on the list installed, If you have Easyprivacy installed then you're covering both sides.

plorg 11y ago

uBlock in 'Advanced User' mode[0] allows for significant, granular script and iframe blocking. 3rd-party default-deny mode, even in the absence of the EasyPrivacy list will give you a significant amount of control over external entities that are frequently used to track users across the web. It's also somewhat more intelligible than NoScript. I would argue that with Dynamic filtering (enabled for advanced users) the goal of uBlock is not limited to ads, but to any undesired content on the internet. I guess you could say the same about Adblock, though, so I guess YMMV. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-quick-guide https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

gorhill 11y ago

I specifically emphasize on the home page of the project [1]: "uBlock Origin (or uBlock₀) is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker." It will report everything to the user -- including behind-the-scene network requests [2]. --- [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-network-requests https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-netw...

nextos 11y ago
So this firefox feature is just a subset of what ublock does? BTW, thanks for ublock.
- nhf 11y ago
  If I remember correctly from the presentation (I was at W2SP where the associated talk was given) there were unspecified performance benefits over having this outsourced to the plugin architecture. I can't download the paper right now for some reason, but I'm sure it's detailed in there.

chippy 11y ago

So perhaps it's more like ghostery than an adblocker.

gorhill 11y ago
Ghostery does not report everything, only what is part of its internal database. uBlock does report everything -- and users can act on that information.

mp3geek 11y ago

Depends on the list installed, If you have Easyprivacy installed then you're covering both sides.