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Canonical repository for the Disconnect services file

18 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 0 stories, 18 comments · first 2019-01-12 · latest 2024-04-10

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  1. I'm not sure that list should be used any more. I tracked down a pihole issue a while ago to find this "The list you referenced was used in our legacy products. It is not maintained, has not been updated, and is not actively distributed…
    comment by rrix2 · 2024-04-10 · in Show HN: ADS-B visualizer
  2. Right, but Firefox’s enhanced tracking protection mode blocks Statcounter’s JS (see https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti... which is where, I believe, Mozilla source their ETP blocklist from). Given the userbase for…
    comment by robin_reala · 2023-09-27 · in Firefox 118
  3. Yes, this is what I meant. Facebook properties are allowed to load resources from Facebook domains. https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti...
    comment by re · 2023-07-04 · in Threads.net
  4. If statcounter is in the list of blocked trackers, and trackers are blocked by default, then assuming there is a huge list of untracked users is only fair. Because it would be everyone not specifically disabling the tracking protection,…
    comment by onli · 2023-01-24 · in Apple attempting to stop investigation into its practices involving browsers
  5. Statcounter is in the list[0] firefox uses to block trackers, it also seems like Edge use the same list [1], so the 3% is more FF-users who are not using the build in tracking protection [0] https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracki…
    comment by rypskar · 2023-01-24 · in Apple attempting to stop investigation into its practices involving browsers
  6. > I love reveddit.com, it's hilarious to look at the typical r/science post and see 60%+ of comments removed on average (the 'controversial' ones go 75%+). Yeah I mention r/science at 7:00 in the linked video. > If the moderators agree…
    comment by rhaksw · 2022-11-05 · in Show HN: Reveddit.com: Improving online discourse with transparent moderation
  7. "Google Analytics is Blocked by Firefox, Mozilla Explains Why" https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-is-bloc... google-analytics.com is on https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked and also…
    comment by sp332 · 2020-06-30 · in Firefox 78
  8. > One day I woke up to a chart showing browser market share of FF at around 4%, which surprised me - as I thought many people would understand the implications and directions. Its certainly low, but I also think FF usage is under reported…
    comment by move-on-by · 2020-02-11 · in Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy
  9. Firefox is willing to add specific technical countermeasures to specific domains that are attempting to bypass the tracking policy: " If a party attempts to circumvent the technical solutions we’ve outlined in this policy, we may without…
    comment by geofft · 2019-12-12 · in Guide to Retargeting Someone Else’s Website
  10. > the API access sends the reddit cookie to reddit while not being on reddit. A few things, (1) Why does it matter in this case? Under what scenario can you imagine reddit abusing the knowledge that certain users are reading metadata about…
    comment by rhaksw · 2019-06-05 · in Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default
  11. > Many websites will partially break? Which ones? You can get an idea of which sites are blocked by reviewing the list of blocked domains [1] (this includes many APIs, such as reddit.com) and a 5 year old issue where people post websites…
    comment by rhaksw · 2019-06-05 · in Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default
  12. > this would block pretty much all the major analytics The list [1], which includes many APIs, also breaks hundreds of websites [2] that access those APIs [1] https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti... [2]…
    comment by rhaksw · 2019-06-05 · in Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default
  13. Is it okay for Firefox to maintain a manually curated list of sites it deems to be trackers [1]? Why is reddit on this list and not, say, Gab? This breaks a site I built called reVddit [2], and after discussing with Mozilla devs [3], I'm…
    comment by rhaksw · 2019-05-31 · in Switch from Chrome to Firefox
  14. I've had some issues maintaining reVddit.com while keeping Firefox's tracking protection in mind. I'd love some help if there is anyone who can provide insight. Basically, you can't load reVddit pages on Firefox because reVddit accesses…
    comment by rhaksw · 2019-05-31 · in Block Fingerprinting with Firefox
  15. > I have noticed that when I turn on privacy settings on Firefox, some major websites are broken In some cases it is because Firefox's tracking protection is based off of a curated list of websites [1]. This breaks a site I built called…
    comment by rhaksw · 2019-05-31 · in Block Fingerprinting with Firefox
  16. It looks as if in the next several months Firefox will become all but invisible from most 3rd party trackers as Firefox ”will strip cookies and block storage access from third-party tracking content, based on lists of tracking domains by…
    comment by elbac · 2019-03-14 · in Roll Your Own Analytics
  17. Thank you so much! I opened an issue here: https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti...
    comment by anvaka · 2019-01-12 · in Show HN: A tool to find related subreddits
  18. That sounds like Content Blocking kicking in - that's only active in Private Browsing by default: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/content-blocking I note that page says "By default, content blocking uses the Disconnect.me basic…
    comment by EvilTerran · 2019-01-12 · in Show HN: A tool to find related subreddits