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by gorhill 11y ago
> defective switch, which can slip out of the run position and cut power to safety systems including air bags, power steering and power brakes Had a similar problem with my Kia Sorento 2011. The engine would randomly completely stops. Wh
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by 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.
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by 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 re
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by gorhill 11y ago
If you stick to clicking only the hostnames, it's no different than RequestPolicy. Otherwise there is uBlock's dynamic filtering which does essentially the same thing as RequestPolicy: https://github.com/gorhill&#x
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by gorhill 11y ago
> it shouldn’t be present in current versions This is what I see at launch[1]: http://clients1.google.com/ocsp https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/download?... [1] https:/&#x
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by gorhill 11y ago
> other tools like HTTPS Switchboard I will take this opportunity to remind people that uMatrix is now available for Firefox (works on Nightly): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/
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by gorhill 11y ago
Default-deny works wonder on such site (given the amount of 3rd parties), and I could read the article just fine. Here, local default-deny rules (dynamic filtering) for just that one site (if you don't want default-deny globally):
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by gorhill 11y ago
> removing the info of the creators More accurately it was about importing code changes manually without attribution, thus forfeiting authorship info in the commits. I believe it's all resolved now. The person is a kid (to me), I ha
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by gorhill 11y ago
> we’ve been vocal about the need for people to use privacy add-ons with their web browsers This contradicts what I have read on the Tor Project site: "Site-specific or filter-based addons such as AdBlock Plus, Request Policy, Ghost
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by gorhill 12y ago
Between public interest and privacy, public interest wins, especially when it is shown that powerful entities are mingling behind closed doors into matters of public interest.
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by gorhill 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I changed the logo and will use the more explicit name "uBlock Origin", though I will keep the short version uBlock<sub>0</sub> for conciseness throughout the text.
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by gorhill 12y ago
I thought this video explained it very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfk_L4Nx2ZI
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by gorhill 12y ago
> random memory leak spikes from uBlock Chromium issue 441500: "Popup UI of extensions causes systematic memory leaks" [1] Related? This was finally fixed yesterday, but we will probably have to wait until Chromium 43 for the f
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by gorhill 12y ago
I would like to understand why what I said above was deemed a nuisance.
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by gorhill 12y ago
For what it's worth, one fact and an anecdotal observation: One fact: Currently, Chromium-based browsers suffer from a nasty memory leak: each time one bring up an extension's popup UI, a big chunk of memory is leaked.[1] This alo
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by gorhill 12y ago
> which is used by thousands of sites That's probably the reason it is in EasyPrivacy. In EasyPrivacy, I see: "||stats.pusher.com^" When I put "stats.pusher.com" in the browser address bar, I get a page which onl
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by gorhill 12y ago
> I'm using HTML5 instead of Flash, that could be the key difference. The ads with Flash is only a problem on Safari, due to API limitation on Safari (Chromium/Firefox can block ads with Flash). As for the filter lists, I think
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by gorhill 12y ago
> some way of us hinting to the plugin which domains were needed to not break the site: I had collated this so far to mostly un-break the site -- for viewing at least: www.theguardian.com guardianapps.co.uk * noop www.theguardi
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by gorhill 12y ago
> right now there is no option to globally disable images and then whitelist on a per site basis, right Yes you can, it's in the quick guide[1]: > First column: what is to be dynamically filtered > Second column: global dynami
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by gorhill 12y ago
> a specific JavaScript on specific host. This is very easy to do with ghostery I don't see any feature to accomplish this with Ghostery. You can block hosts from its pre-built library of hosts, not more, and not at a higher granula
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by gorhill 12y ago
Using EasyPrivacy results in piwik being blocked, yes, regardless whether EasyPrivacy is used in uBlock, ABP, or whatever other blocker. I suggested you to bring the issue to EasyPrivacy maintainers if you think it's wrong[1], but by a
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by gorhill 12y ago
The feature is available only to those enabling "I am an advanced user".
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by gorhill 12y ago
I believe Safari/Youtube/Flash won't block ads. But Safari/Youtube/HTML5 does. Reference: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/706#issuecomment-73...
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by gorhill 12y ago
"unblock resources" is too vague, can't provide an accurate answer.
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by gorhill 12y ago
Only `google-analytics.com` is blocked when using default filter lists. The 500 error appears to be random, I got it both with and without uBlock.
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by gorhill 12y ago
> an ad blocker should just block ads by default First sentence on the project page: "µBlock is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker."
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by gorhill 12y ago
> ublock [...] is being sold to most has an ad blocker, but really it blocks everything. This is the first sentence on the project page: > µBlock is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker. And toward the end: > Free
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by gorhill 12y ago
Yes, but not because of EasyPrivacy. As I found out at one point, EasyPrivacy does not block everything from Google Analytics. [1] The one that does the job is Peter Lowe's [2] I wish you would see how convoluted is your suggestion &qu
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by gorhill 12y ago
Well while this is being seen by many, I just want to take the opportunity to reiterate what is said in the README of the project: > Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contrib
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by gorhill 12y ago
You can control javascript execution when enabling "advanced user" mode: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

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