gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…Facebook globally with exceptions where needed is a top advice to reduce privacy exposure.[3] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#easy-mo... [2] Followed by `googletagservices.com`, `twitter.com`. [3]…

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-15 · in Internet Companies: Confusing Consumers for Profit

It's not an advantage per se, it just has a UI for managing the filtering of various requests: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu... One way to use it is to set global deny rules for various things and then only…

comment by maxerickson · 2015-10-15 · in Internet Companies: Confusing Consumers for Profit

…will impact incognito/private browsing; firejail allows me to run a browser "wide open" safely. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by JeremyNT · 2015-10-12 · in Embed Linkedin profile page to see who visited your website

…too much that of the other uBlock.[2] [1] https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/646059022790037504 [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/50

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

> I wish they made that clear I agree, I opened an issue to address this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/773

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…from leaking local IP addresses"? If so, this will prevent Hangout from working. Reference issue: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/757

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…fork, now called uBlock [2]. The maker of the latter also sells Purify on the iOS app store. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock - uBlock Origin [2]: http://ublock.org/ - uBlock

comment by newscracker · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by loco5niner · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…in favor of uBlock Origin [1], which has a much smaller memory footprint and is faster. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by newscracker · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

Critically, uBlock Origin . https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by quesera · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…Origin, which seems to be preferred due to disruptions with the developer who took over uBlock. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by sanqui · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…under active development. I made the switch about a year ago and it has served me very well. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

comment by lorenzhs · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…https://www.ublock.org/faq/ is ublock origin a single developer? ah this helps a tiny bit more https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-uBlock-Ori... but also adds more confusion as to which one to use

comment by ck2 · 2015-09-25 · in Mozilla fixed a 14-year-old bug in Firefox, Adblock Plus uses less memory

I updated the benchmarks (I published first back in March) for Firefox 41 and Chromium 45. Results: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benc...

comment by gorhill · 2015-09-25 · in Mozilla fixed a 14-year-old bug in Firefox, Adblock Plus uses less memory

…of uBlock Origin.[2] Here are the benefits of using EasyList/EasyPrivacy (the "Easy mode" bar): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode# . If you know filter lists which can accomplish the same protection with the same…

comment by gorhill · 2015-09-25 · in Mozilla fixed a 14-year-old bug in Firefox, Adblock Plus uses less memory

uBlock origin actually does and it's what I am running right now, ofcourse in blacklist mode. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-tu...

comment by Killswitch · 2015-09-18 · in Just doesn’t feel good

…Not blocking 1st-party scripts remove a lot of the tediousness of blocking scripts by default. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2015-09-17 · in I created a fake business and bought it an online reputation

uBlock Origin is NOT an ad-blocker, let alone traditional one. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode

comment by XzetaU8 · 2015-09-09 · in Show HN: Adblock Fast

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#safari

comment by Killswitch · 2015-09-09 · in Apple September 2015 Keynote

…frame tags would have foiled the exploit.[3] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10021894 [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-Be... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10022096

comment by gorhill · 2015-08-07 · in Firefox exploit found in the wild

…which enhance a page arguably to the benefit of the user". [2] Example of ubiquitous 3rd parties: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#raw-dat...

comment by gorhill · 2015-08-03 · in EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New “Do Not Track” Standard

No it doesn't. This is some bizarre myth that keeps being perpetuated.[0] [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Does-uBlock-block-ads...

comment by glass- · 2015-07-30 · in The adblocking revolution is months away

…so the page appeared correctly the first visit. Another example of ridiculous amount of bloat: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Tips-and-tricks-water... * * * [1] sorry if this sounds like a plug, I do feel strongly about users…

comment by gorhill · 2015-07-24 · in The Verge's web sucks

Not ABP, ublock origin. Faster and not-for-profit: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#performance

comment by degenerate · 2015-07-14 · in Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default

…0.9.9.3 it says: "New privacy setting: ability to prevent local IP address leak through WebRTC" https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.9.9.3

comment by KORraN · 2015-07-11 · in WebRTC being used on nytimes.com to report visitors' local IP addresses

…default filter lists now include sourceforge and thus I was momentarily stopped from seeing it. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Badware-risks

comment by kip_ · 2015-07-07 · in Thinking Forth (1984)

> Sometimes I want more than blocked something being displayed That's what the logger is for: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger#creating-f...

comment by gorhill · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

he already did... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-uBlock-Ori...

comment by jd3 · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by warcode · 2015-07-01 · in UBlock: a fast, lightweight, and lean blocker for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari

uBlock vs. uBlock Origin: Facts https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-uBlock-Ori...

comment by XzetaU8 · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

Turn on the dynamic filtering and set the appropriate global rules: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-feature... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu... (I'd be more specific if I was using the…

comment by maxerickson · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…by someone else. Better use uBlock Origin, which is developed by the original uBlock author. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by yAnonymous · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…Also, should be interesting to see how Safari's new blocking framework changes the game. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-fir...

comment by aorth · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…features from Origin. [3] Personally I can't see any reason to use uBlock over uBlock Origin. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.9.8.2 [2] https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases/tag/0.9.5.0 [3]…

comment by arthurfm · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…their repo activity, it seems to suggest that the actual development happens at origin. Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors Nonorigin: https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/graphs/contributors

comment by fwn · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…be 100% certain at a glance that they're using CSS and not manipulating the DOM with JS. [0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/src/css

comment by jzelinskie · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…rules into every page, but it definitely does create a stylesheet and inject it into the page. [0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Cosmetic-filtering-in...

comment by jzelinskie · 2015-07-01 · in Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus

…be very interesting... [0] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-fir... [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/#performance

comment by aorth · 2015-06-26 · in Stop Firefox leaking data about you

Actually, this is about uBlock Origin (by the original developer), so it should be: https://github.com/gorhill/ublock

comment by luxflux · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

…to discontinue contributing code to mainline uBlock. That's a serious blow to its development . . . https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38 FYI, I would just use Chrome if it didn't just kill battery life on OS X. Don't think I use…

comment by ReddestDream · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

…just compare the commit rates: - https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/graphs/contributors - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors I am not claiming that chrisajoudi did anything intentionally wrong, he simply does not…

comment by david_p · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

…did this (as SourceForge have clearly stepped into the ranks of malware-spreading sites). [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/ed130afc6f3a70e2c2a68... [2]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/c4e82357efaf18bac3f...

comment by sirn · 2015-06-15 · in Firefox download on SourceForge

> I want to choose what I block on each page https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu... uBlock doesn't restrict itself to a set list of domains (Ghostery), it will show you all connections.

comment by gorhill · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

…bad I don't have a good overview, but there was some stripping of authorship of patches. E.g. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/69

comment by yathrowaway45 · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

…user enabled. There's a pretty good way to debug these situations though, the network request log ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger ). It will let you see the history of requests for a given page, and one of the colums in…

comment by mziulu · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

…whoever uses it, I just strongly disagree with the removal of the per-site switches feature. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38#issuecomment-966...

comment by decasteve · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

Ah, gorhill's Github page sort of answers my question: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by mrmondo · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

The original developer explained the situation here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38

comment by fredwu · 2015-06-15 · in UBlock Origin

Sorry, I thought they linked to this https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Maintainership-transf... Note: that's an old version. The current revision is here https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Maintainership-transf... It doesn't seem…

comment by theGimp · 2015-06-12 · in Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Is Stepping Down

…author. The readme is a good place to start researching, but it's not that interesting a topic tbh. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/README.md

comment by theGimp · 2015-06-12 · in Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Is Stepping Down