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by gorhill 10y ago
Even without going as far as blocking all 3rd-party js/frames (which I do personally), one can use the dynamic filtering pane to at least block the most ubiquitous domain names and allow only on a per-need basis. I do use facebook.*
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by gorhill 10y ago
I updated the neutered script from googletagservices.com, I found the site was throwing an error because of a missing method in uBO's neutered version of the script. Not sure whether it's a new method or whether I missed it when I
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by gorhill 10y ago
> Basically anyone can write an ad blocker Did you ever write one that endures? From first-hand experience, I spent so much time working on uBO in the last 2.5 years that I would appreciate the task to not be trivialised with such sent
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by gorhill 10y ago
> Is this a matter of something changed in the extension itself Probably related to the `redirect` filter option, introduced in uBO 1.4.0[1]. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.4.0
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by gorhill 10y ago
> I hope uBlock Origin will keep in mind that some people only care about the tracking. Efficiency is a primary feature of uBlock Origin, it's not going anywhere, regardless of whether it blocks tracking or ads, or whatever else. Ju
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by gorhill 10y ago
> AMP to me is an answer to that With such statement, it would be appropriate you disclose up front that your employer is Google[1]. [1] http://www.thelowlyprogrammer.com/
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by gorhill 10y ago
uBlock Origin was first developed as a Chromium extension, so converting to WebExtensions API is a non-issue. There is currently a dev build for the WebExtension version of uBlock Origin in the latest release.[1] FYI, uBlock is abandonware[
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by gorhill 10y ago
> Most often encrypted archives contain more than one file The whole cablegate archive was a single 7z file.
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by gorhill 10y ago
> then they tried to claim that the hashes were for the decrypted files What do you mean "tried"? Even if WL didn't say it explicitly, that would be the top sensible explanation after one find the actual hash of one of the
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by gorhill 10y ago
> All that happened was now every store gives you a free "reusable bag." ... They are not reusable bags. I don't get it. How do these "reusable bag" look like? This is a typical reusable bag we use where I live:
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by gorhill 10y ago
I will take the opportunity to share what I have observed a few weeks ago regarding another extension in the Chrome Store: Popup Blocker (800,000+ users)[1] also leaks your browsing history. For every site you visit, there is a POST to
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by gorhill 10y ago
> The commit referenced in the blog Interesting, the date of the commit is April 20, 2015. I did comment on April 16, 2015 about how the WOT extension could record a user's browsing history[1], so it does look like they were doing t
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by gorhill 10y ago
Filters such as `*$websocket`[1] should also work in workers as well, since such filter syntax causes a CSP directive to forbid websocket connections to be injected into a page. [1] Used for Pornhub and many others.
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by gorhill 10y ago
To be sure there is no confusion, it's possible to block inline scripts with Chromium, but not on a per-inline script tag basis. Per-inline script tag filtering is possible for Firefox, but the feature relies on "beforescriptexecu
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by gorhill 10y ago
uBlock Origin sees, reports, and can block websocket connection attempts on Firefox. The onus is on the parent comment to make the case with something more substantial than "No it doesn't". Maybe he is just referring to the p
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by gorhill 10y ago
> ad blockers is started an arms race where the ads now come in the form of sponsored content so you have no idea what's an ad and what isn't. "Ad blockers" did not start an "arms race". There has always bee
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by gorhill 10y ago
Must be careful with the results on that page. It shows map-string as being slower for ES6 (using `new Map()`) compared to ES5 (using `{}`), and yet I found the opposite, that ES6's Map() is faster in my benchmark[1]. [1] https:/
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by gorhill 10y ago
> From those early beginnings it was developed hand in hand with publishers, ad vendors, technology providers and platforms besides Google such as Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest AMP is not pro-users -- and the above supports this. My op
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by gorhill 10y ago
Yes, this needs to be made clear: Fanboy Annoyance won't protect you from Social Media Fingerprinting, it just prevents the proof of concept on that one site from working properly. Disabling 3rd-party cookies in your browser is what pr
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by gorhill 10y ago
> You chose to install a plugin that modifies documents you see in your browser. You are jumping to a conclusion on a mere speculation. The site works fine with uBO + default settings/filter lists. I could not even "break"
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by gorhill 10y ago
It also renders fine in Firefox with default settings/filter lists.
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by gorhill 10y ago
I could finally reproduce, once in a while when I open the dev console, so there appear to be a timing issue. I added a filter in uBO's filters to deal with this.
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by gorhill 10y ago
I do not see this issue with default filter lists.
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by gorhill 10y ago
More accurately: uBlock Origin does not prevent you from visiting the page, it warns you that the page you where redirected to belongs to a hostname which is blocked by one of the filter lists. From there, you can make an informed decision
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by gorhill 10y ago
uMatrix is default-deny by default, except 1st-party scripts. It also comes with an extensive lists of hosts files enabled (representing 10s of thousands hostnames and their subdomains) by default for which scripts won't be allowed at
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by gorhill 10y ago
What is "weird" about uMatrix, specifically? The logic of the matrix is completely straightforward, once you get the basic rule that narrower rules override broader ones, all interactions with the matrix will become obvious, easy
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by gorhill 10y ago
By default, uBlock Origin ("uBO") works with a set of block lists, it does not block javascript -- out of the box you can't compare NoScript to uBO, they are two different things, it's not a case of "which one to us
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by gorhill 10y ago
Other default settings in uMatrix: uMatrix comes with many hosts files enabled[1], so even if working in allow-all/block-exceptionally, most trackers/ads and whatnot will still be blocked. There is no pre-whitelisted (aka "tr
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by gorhill 10y ago
How is this filter "stupid"? False positives are inevitable with such extensive blacklist as EasyList -- they get fixed when reported.
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by gorhill 10y ago
> ... can't be trusted to be here tomorrow. He can just have a tantrum ... "Tantrum" exists only in your head. Be judgmental as much as you wish, bottom line is that you know nothing of me or my private life.

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