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by ameshkov 6y ago
No, AdGuard desktop is basically a full-scale firewall with a network driver that intercepts all network connections. Regarding Android, this works with the help of the VPN API. 1. Android routes all IP packets to the “tun” interface 2. AdG
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by ameshkov 6y ago
Let me please chime in. As AdGuard developer, I'd like to comment on what you said and explain some details about how it works. First of all, AdGuard desktop and mobile apps are quite different from hosts files or pi-hole. For instance
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by ameshkov 6y ago
This may be useful to you: https://github.com/adguardteam/hostlistcompiler
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by ameshkov 7y ago
There is another interesting paper on a similar topic that proves that this approach is vulnerable to different adversarial attacks, for instance, you can make it block legitimate content, or you can conceal ads by adding an overlay invisib
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Acceptable ads deserves being there, you are right. This was the first attempt at finding a compromise with advertisers, hated by a huge part of users and advertisers at the same time. But it was launched by Adblock Plus in 2011, long befor
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by ameshkov 7y ago
1. The only debugging tool we have is the browser console, and the only thing printed there is the blocked URL, you cannot even find out what rule did that. 2. The maximum number of rules IS a problem and it is there only because the curren
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Sorry for that, we don't mind mentioning anyone, it's just there was no historical event that we could tie to uBO. I'll ask the author to add a footnote about uBO and others we missed to mention, we love them all. upd: done
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Shadow DOM is created dynamically using "attachShadow". You can try overriding Element.prototype.attachShadow, but this is easy to detect.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Actually, Web Components and Shadow DOM bother me more than Web Assembly. You cannot "pierce" into a shadow DOM from the outside and this creates an impenetrable barrier for content blockers. We've already seen examples of wh
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Not directly related to the topic but anyway, can anyone explain how come Apple rule (every browser has to use WebKit under the hood) was never openly disputed? I am pretty sure Mozilla, Google, and others would love to bring their engines.
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The State of WKWebView(twitter.com)
5 points by ameshkov 7y ago|0 comments
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Actually, they are quite helpful on the developer forums. Fully agree on the documentation point, though.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Well, let me disagree. The documentation is lagging. Right after the WWDC there were nothing except for some header files. Also, why half a year? Do you think it will take them that much to release 10.15.4?
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by ameshkov 7y ago
As usually, Apple does not give developers any time to react. There is no migration plan save for one video from WWDC where they briefly describe some alternatives. > In macOS 10.15.4, use of deprecated KPIs triggers a notification to th
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macOS Kernel Extensions are officially deprecated(developer.apple.com)
337 points by ameshkov 7y ago|328 comments
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Nowadays, a small team is simply not enough to develop a browser and keep up with the competition. Unless you fork Chrome, of course.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Well, yeah, but focusing on earning does not mean they should start doing stupid things like that or adding a banner place to the start page. For instance, I would have considered paying for some premium features like additional privacy-rel
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by ameshkov 7y ago
This might be a sign for other employees that they need to focus on the things that can help Mozilla actually earn more and not just be a good guy. It may sound horrible, but considering their market share dynamics it makes sense.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
I don't know why, but for some reason, I was thinking there were about 600 of them. Thanks for the link, I've edited my comment.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Brendan Eich tweeted that they laid off about 70 people: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1217517703914643456 This is about 7% of all their employees. People report that a lot of QA, security, and release ma
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Mozilla lays off 70(techcrunch.com)
929 points by ameshkov 7y ago|904 comments
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by ameshkov 7y ago
https://twitter.com/notdan/status/1209642463859630081?s=21
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by ameshkov 7y ago
I am not sure if an indie developer can afford doing that anyway.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
This would be true unless the stores you are talking about were not imposing countless limitations. Microsoft store is for UWP apps only, Mac AppStore is for sandboxed apps only, and I’d better not even start with Play store and iOS AppStor
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Yeah, well, you nailed it, unfortunately.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Google is able to block Github repos as well. Just a few days ago it happened to https://github.com/beefproject/beef
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by ameshkov 7y ago
This “shoot first ask questions later” approach is typical not just for Google, but for AV vendors as well. The problem is that in the case of Google the potential consequences for a legit developer are much scarier: all browsers are affect
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AdGuard DNS: 1 year, 600B queries, 100B blocked trackers, DOH grew 46 times(adguard.com)
4 points by ameshkov 7y ago|0 comments
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by ameshkov 7y ago
The thing is I am not sure if Igor was developing Nginx on his own time. IANAL as well, but I am not sure if it counts if part of the work was done from his Rambler workplace.
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by ameshkov 7y ago
Igor Sysoev developed Nginx while working in Rambler (a Russian search engine) back in 2002-2004. Now, 15 years later, Rambler filed a copyright claim against Nginx and Igor, and demands (allegedly) 51M RUB from them.

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