gorhill/httpswitchboard on Hacker News

…HQ extension is made (which soon became HTTP Switchboard, which later became uMatrix and uBlock) https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/commits/master?af...

comment by surround · 2020-08-16 · in Trump says he is considering pardon for Edward Snowden

…[1] https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/contentSettings [2] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Blocking-jav...

comment by Terr_ · 2016-02-27 · in Opera CEO: Sale to Chinese Consortium Wasn’t Our Decision

HTTPSB is discontinued since October last year, so yes you should upgrade to µMatrix. https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/commit/b8a45e61d2...

comment by phit_ · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

HTTPSwitchboard is so awesome for this. https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard P.S. Next version might be a local proxy (well, usually local) which will improve browser performance, cross-compatibility with other browsers and across…

comment by mitchtbaum · 2014-11-27 · in Why browse the Web in Emacs? (2008)

…he was misrepresenting. [4] [1] https://palant.de/2014/07/29/which-is-better-adblock-or-adbl... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Adblock-Plus... (bottom of the page) [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-…

comment by gorhill · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?

That looks amazing. Is there anything similar for Firefox? Edit: relevant issue: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/86

comment by 13throwaway · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?

In my experience, you wont need other privacy/ad-blocking tools. See here: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-does-HTT...

comment by ac29 · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?

Yes. Have a look at https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/HTTP-Switchb... If you just want Adblocking functionality check out https://github.com/gorhill/ublock Same author as HTTPSB.

comment by packetlss · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?

…exactly to block on a site. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/http-switchboard/m... [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard

comment by beaumartinez · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?

…websites. Granted, switchboard is far from foolproof but it's a step in the right direction. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard

comment by bsilvereagle · 2014-07-21 · in The Web Never Forgets: Persistent Tracking Mechanisms In The Wild

Didn't notice any of that. I use [httpsb]( https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/ ). For Firefox, NoScript should do the job.

comment by hrjet · 2014-07-03 · in Segway Inventor Dean Kamen Thinks New Stirling Engine Will Get You Off the Grid

…lists rank pretty well for privacy; http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6730 also another comparson; https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-does-HTT...

comment by mp3geek · 2014-06-26 · in Adblock Plus gives Facebook users a way to block its extended tracking efforts

…specific to Facebook[0]. Is that actually the case? I thought Adblock just used element hiding. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/ [1] https://facebook.adblockplus.me/en/

comment by Bassetts · 2014-06-26 · in Adblock Plus gives Facebook users a way to block its extended tracking efforts

…"Ghostery and Disconnect were set in their respective equivalent of 'Block all trackers' mode." https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Comparative-...

comment by JumpCrisscross · 2014-05-28 · in Ghostery Also Helps the Ad Industry

My results are not biased: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Comparative-... Ghostery does a better job than Disconnect.

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-28 · in Ghostery Also Helps the Ad Industry

…w.stanford.edu/blog/2011/09/tracking-trackers-... [3] https://github.com/ghostery/areweprivateyet [4] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Comparative-...

comment by JumpCrisscross · 2014-05-28 · in Ghostery Also Helps the Ad Industry

…from other extensions or the browser). Anything that goes through webRequest API is reported. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-28 · in Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy

…But in any case, regarding your point, you can set up HTTPSB as an ad blocker and forget about it: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/HTTP-Switchb... Advantage over ABP is that it discloses to you what is still not blocked,…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-19 · in Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/86

comment by JetSpiegel · 2014-05-19 · in Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

…and I all I really want now is a block list for cookies (and one as good as Ghostery's list). [0] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-H...

comment by jzelinskie · 2014-05-19 · in Show HN: Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one

I did enter an issue 6 months ago to make it color-blind friendly: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/52 I know nothing about color-blindness though, so I will need the input of color-blind people. If there is an option to…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

…feature. But in any case, the extension can block "behind-the-scene" requests if a user choose to: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Behind-the-s... By default all behind the scene requests are allowed (or else that would…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

…to blocking nothing. I do have a couple of set up files to help people get started, here: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/tree/master/stuff By default though it comes in block-all/allow-exceptionally mode, just like NoScript and…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

…a setup file which you can restore from the About page which focus can be said to be "ad blocking": https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/blob/master/stuff... I selected the following preset lists: - hosts-file.net/ad-servers -…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

If you read here: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-H... There's a way to set it up to allow by default. The plugin looks really interesting, but I wish it would give more detail about the requests that were…

comment by Osiris · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

Issue #86: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/86 Would be nice if someone forked and start to adapt to Firefox. I would of course work in concert as this would allow to identify parts of the code which is browser specific…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

…finally had a solid code base, I went and benchmarked it against ABP to find out how it compared: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Net-request-... And for HTTPSB's numbers, keep in mind there were an extra over 50,000 rules…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-14 · in AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

…these benchmarks are time-consuming and I have to limit the amount of extensions I benchmark. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/HTTP-Switchb...

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-09 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…take over for some of the broken features. I explain in more details where there are conflicts: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Compatibilit...

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-03 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…is fully configurable: it can be at any point in the full block-all / allow-all spectrum. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-H... I just added a 3rd example of how the extension can be used without blocking…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-02 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…21 / 22 Hosts: 49 / 75 Scripts: 0 / 0 Outbound cookies: 0 / 0 Net requests: 680 / 1,199 [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Comparative-...

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-02 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…mode is less likely to break web pages (ABP, Ghostery, Disconnect etc. all work in such mode): https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-H... At one end of the spectrum, the extension can be used without no filtering of…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-02 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…can't be reliably disabled on a Chromium-based browser is still going strong. Here are the details: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Blocking-jav... Regarding the "flash and reload", I noticed that too lately, I have to look…

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-02 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…do what it says it does. This applies for any other extension modifying outbound HTTP headers. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard#http-switchboard-... [2] https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/webRequest#implement...

comment by gorhill · 2014-05-02 · in Help EFF test Privacy Badger, our new browser extension for privacy

…I get: 1 in 3,719,197. With cookies/js/plugins disabled I get: 1 in less than 160,100 Extension: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard EDIT: redid the tests with clearing cache before.

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-29 · in Panopticlick – How Unique, and Trackable, Is Your Browser?

I don't know about either... https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-does-HTT...

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

Doesn't that fulfill all your points: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard Posted on HackerNews two days ago.

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

…ago, before taking a break to read HackerNews, investigating an issue with a Chromium blocker ( https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/79# ), and was puzzled finding that the `pref` cookie of `.google.ca` changed every single…

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-11 · in NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

Fixed: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/78

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-10 · in Chromium: I just wanted to quickly hack an iframe blocker for personal use

…an ad/privacy blocker that comes with a rather large blacklist" This has been there for two months: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Quick-tour-%... "Thanks to these preset blacklists maintained by good spirited people,…

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-09 · in Chromium: I just wanted to quickly hack an iframe blocker for personal use

"Allow users to disable/enable preset blacklists" https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/78 This was on my todo list, but there, I formalized it.

comment by gorhill · 2013-12-09 · in Chromium: I just wanted to quickly hack an iframe blocker for personal use

…Perhaps be more up front that this is an adblocker. [1]: This is just one of the blacklists: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/blob/a325083df02b...

comment by MDCore · 2013-12-08 · in Chromium: I just wanted to quickly hack an iframe blocker for personal use

This Business Insider article has over 100 scripts: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Quick-tour-%... For a barely six-paragraph article...

comment by wreegab · 2013-12-02 · in Drowning in JavaScript