gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…"medium mode" to take care of Disqus and a whole host of other third party resources that track you https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by surround · 2021-05-06 · in Intent to issue €2.5M fine to Disqus over GDPR breaches

AdGuard https://adguard.com/ and uBlock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock have URL parameter removal functionality as well.

comment by ChrisGranger · 2021-05-05 · in ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs

Actually, sort of: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by ric2b · 2021-04-16 · in DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

…seem to actually describe the advanced mode panel in any detail at all. The link that does is https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by wtallis · 2021-04-10 · in uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

…an advanced-user thing, though, and only shown if you click "More" on the basic popup. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Quick-guide:-popup-us...

comment by mrec · 2021-04-10 · in uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

…Rule tab, the unmarked left column sets the allow/noop/block behavior. Edit: Found the wiki page: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger#creating-f...

comment by gxnxcxcx · 2021-04-09 · in uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

…content is acceptable or not in their browser." 1: https://adblockplus.org/en/about#monetization 2: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

comment by cmeacham98 · 2021-04-03 · in If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser

…allow resources from specific 3rd-party domains as needed, and on a per-site basis.[2] * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2021-03-29 · in Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update

Even just using an ad-blocker will prevent this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by rciorba · 2021-03-22 · in Backblaze submitting names and sizes of files in B2 buckets to Facebook

…another layer of defense. [0]: https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/actions-file.html#AF-PAT... [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax

comment by danShumway · 2021-03-21 · in Nyxt Browser

uBlock in medium mode or higher https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by waxyalan · 2021-03-19 · in Hackers used zerodays to infect Windows, iOS, and Android users

…user settings, i.e. it will become visible in the Settings pane of uBO's dashboard.[2] --- [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-settings#cna... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#u...

comment by gorhill · 2021-03-04 · in The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion

…so that putting those domains on the block list works. It does highlight them in blue. See here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0

comment by tyingq · 2021-03-04 · in The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion

uBlock origin exposes this via https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-ru... . In particular, https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/blob/master/filters/... will translate requesting google-analytics.com/analytics.js…

comment by madars · 2021-02-27 · in Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in strict tracking protection

…of blocked scripts. and this is with ublock origin, which has shims for common analytics scripts: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library#url...

comment by gruez · 2021-02-26 · in Firefox replaces Google Analytics with fake no-op in strict tracking protection

…than uBlock) as it introduced uncloaking of CNAME requests as of version 1.25.0 for Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0 .

comment by miles · 2021-02-25 · in Cname-based tracking increasingly used to bypass browsers’ antitracking defenses

…data, it needed only the observational ability, which is not deprecated by Manifest v3.[6] ** [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/57 [2] https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.9.5.13 [3]…

comment by gorhill · 2021-02-17 · in Malware in open-source web extensions

…They're pulling lists from UBO for sure, but that file doesn't look like the counterpart ublock.js https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/src/js/ublock....

comment by boomboomsubban · 2021-02-07 · in Performance Impact of Ad Blockers (2020)

…case you are not aware, uBO also allows to wholly disable/enable JS on a per-site basis.[1] --- [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by gorhill · 2021-01-27 · in Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies

…time being (fast ads free internet on android) Kiwi browser https://kiwibrowser.com/ Ublock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by throwaway888abc · 2021-01-25 · in Samsung Internet blows Chrome out of the water

…and which is by no mean comprehensive and which I haven't taken the time to update in a long while: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-Be... Additionally, excerpt from CISA's "Securing Web Browsers and Defending…

comment by gorhill · 2021-01-24 · in Hush: Noiseless Browsing for Safari

…while I read then? To present an ad at just the right moment, apparently. Please improve your life: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

comment by jessaustin · 2021-01-15 · in It’s not Jung’s, it’s mine

…We need to move away from such points of failure no matter how well-intentioned they are. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/master The webRequest API also forces a lot of IPC overhead and serialization in the runtime, no…

comment by lima · 2021-01-08 · in Google Chrome browser privacy plan investigated in UK

nth-ancestor(n) and upward(arg) look handy. They're uBO extensions. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f...

comment by aarchi · 2020-12-26 · in Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search results?

…a couple of refreshes and a couple false starts when it comes to ordering stuff on e.g. shopify: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by maximente · 2020-12-23 · in The Quantum Ad-List contains domains used by ads, trackers, malware

…podcasts and websites. [1] https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/fellow-research-decen... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/976 [3] https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/2238

comment by guidovranken · 2020-12-20 · in Ask HN: To which FOSS projects will you donate a little something?

Universal analytics opt out: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by veeti · 2020-12-16 · in Google Analytics Opt Out

Disable javascript for nytimes.com. It's a one click action with uBlock Origin in your browser. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by ffpip · 2020-12-14 · in Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out

…reason? We don't have to speculate. The reason is right here, and it's not because of malware. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp... If it were malware, then why would it still be in the Chrome Web Store? Google…

comment by _qulr · 2020-12-10 · in Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta

…very effective method to bypass them. At least, that's what I can gather from the linked issue and https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0 – so I'm not sure if I understand that article. In goatcounter the whole CNAME thing…

comment by arp242 · 2020-12-07 · in Using Google Analytics without GDPR consent

It would be interesting to gather a list. uBlock Origin can disable Web Fonts https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-... so it should be possible to log. And given a list it is not hard to download.

comment by sergeykish · 2020-12-05 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance

Just use uBlock Origin. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by bmn__ · 2020-12-04 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance

…browser extensions which will block them on your behalf. uBlock Origin is the most common example. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by SquareWheel · 2020-12-04 · in Using Google Analytics without GDPR consent

…to prevent loading elements above certain size. I personally find it to be a nice middle ground. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by scaladev · 2020-12-04 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance

Now is the time to improve your life: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jessaustin · 2020-12-03 · in Obsolete trig functions and why we don't use them anymore (2013)

…The full list of things that can be allow/block'd by uBO is at https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... I have a "block everything by default" rule at the top that's: *$css,font,frame,media,object,p

comment by Arnavion · 2020-11-29 · in Please disable JavaScript to view this site

…data from ending up in the hands of the trackers/data miners, and DNT is not one of these tools. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/827#issuecomment-15...

comment by surround · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks

uBlock Origin* https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

comment by switch007 · 2020-11-20 · in Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

Be sure to use UBlock Origin, not UBlock. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ Facebook is a pretty high profile website, so it is unlikely that UBlock Origin won't block all adds there (I don't use Facebook myself, so I can't verify). In a…

comment by Freak_NL · 2020-11-17 · in Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

…it only for specific sites by overriding the global block rule with a local noop rule. * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by gorhill · 2020-11-14 · in Don't use third party auth to sign in

Try uBlock origin. You can use procedural filters to work around randomized ids and classes. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f...

comment by anoncake · 2020-11-02 · in Screw instagram and Facebook trying to engineer me

…NextDNS [2], I can't remember when I last saw an ad on YouTube. I recommend you give it a try. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://nextdns.io/

comment by Etheryte · 2020-11-01 · in New youtube-dl release: v2020.11.01.1

…and not just "uBlock". "uBlock Origin" is the original and real deal. The other one is a scam. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock (mentioned multiple times in these threads) Discussion about the two: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1433…

comment by crossroadsguy · 2020-10-09 · in Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better

…contribute by helping translate uBlock Origin on Crowdin: https://crowdin.net/project/ublock from https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#about

comment by severine · 2020-10-08 · in Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better

adblock and ublock are absolutely not interchangeable. Here is the source code for ublock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock which is GNU GPL v3.0 Adblock is run by Wladimir Palant's Eyeo GmbH. It used to be an open source project but was…

comment by vorpalhex · 2020-10-08 · in Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better

…what works with my setup, but it does not necessary matches your accepted level of "brokennes". [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode

comment by sergeykish · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…$stylesheet $first-party $third-party $xmlhttprequest $csp $inline-script $inline-font ... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax

comment by rasz · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…to help instead of helping directly, then find someone who wants to be paid to fix bugs in uBO. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

comment by srtjstjsj · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…a really good alternative. It's all the granularity that most users could really need, I think. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by JeremyNT · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…and now compare to the 'personal fork' that is uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors?from=2... So if 'squatting' the name of your own OSS project is considered 'user hostile' then let this

comment by Aengeuad · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived