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Disconnect is a browser extension that makes the web faster, more private, and more secure.

13 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 0 stories, 13 comments · first 2013-06-18 · latest 2015-12-08

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  1. I linked to Disconnect’s apparently abandoned open-source project ( https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect ), which I presume is the basis of Focus’s blocking.
    comment by byoogle · 2015-12-08 · in Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
  2. …after I left the project a year and a half ago – there was one commit made to Disconnect in 2015 ( https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/commits/master ).
    comment by byoogle · 2015-12-08 · in Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
  3. …anonymity, etc.). For more information checkout the Github project page for each project below. https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect https://github.com/disconnectme/search
    comment by walshie4 · 2014-03-24 · in Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
  4. The source is at: https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect
    comment by byoogle · 2014-03-24 · in Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
  5. Disconnect is open source, licensed under the GPL: https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/
    comment by dictum · 2014-01-22 · in Ask HN: Deactivating Facebook and moving out of Google services enough?
  6. …million active users and Ghostery has more than two million. * Disconnect is also as public as ABP: https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect .
    comment by byoogle · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
  7. See the commit message at https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/commit/691897e21d... . The unencrypted list is at https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/b27abbf033c6... . And formatted as JSON at…
    comment by byoogle · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
  8. …list (services are grouped by category and company here, so start at lines 33, 1,882, and 2,326): https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/b27abbf033c6... .
    comment by byoogle · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
  9. Why is the Disconnect trackers list ( https://services.disconnect.me/disconnect.json , referenced in https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/master/firef... ) an encrypted blob? That seems to go against the OS nature of the project.
    comment by dictum · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
  10. And open source apparently! https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect
    comment by WickyNilliams · 2013-06-26 · in Adblock Plus “typo correction” feature adds affiliate IDs to links
  11. https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/master/firef...
    comment by thirsteh · 2013-06-19 · in A Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry
  12. …or does Disconnect have something to hide? I personally really enjoy this "open source" code: https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/master/firef...
    comment by fixanoid · 2013-06-18 · in A Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry
  13. …http://purplebox.ghostery.com/?p=1016023438 Regarding Disconnect's openness, take a look at https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/master/firef... That's Disconnect's master tracking list. I'd say it bears an uncanny resemblance…
    comment by ghostwords · 2013-06-18 · in A Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry