gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…out 3rd party block lists can use the redirect feature but only to Ublock Origin managed resources: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library

comment by contravariant · 2020-06-06 · in All-in-One DNS block list

…://settings/content/cookies?search=cookies [2] https://privacybadger.org/ [3] https://nextdns.io/ [4] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by Etheryte · 2020-05-29 · in A Visual Guide to React Mental Models: UseState, UseEffect and Lifecycles

…for rules. uBlock Origin is not the same as uBlock. I prefer Origin. How to open the Dashboard https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard

comment by aspenmayer · 2020-05-25 · in GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code

I think medium mode in uBO is a fair balance between granularity and usability: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gxnxcxcx · 2020-05-23 · in Should I Block Ads?

…a third party iframe. If you use the uBO enhanced Easy mode [0] or stronger, it'll be blocked. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode

comment by XelNika · 2020-05-22 · in Should I Block Ads?

…coles/full-page-screen-capture-chrome-extension.git + https://github.com/jswanner/DontFuckWithPaste + https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by niftylettuce · 2020-05-21 · in Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a little better

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uBlock Origin

story by notRobot · 2020-05-12 · 0 comments

…parent, but the general HN reader who might be tempted to try pophurdle. Use uBlock Origin instead. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation

comment by bmn__ · 2020-04-13 · in Show HN: Built an extension to put an end to paywalls and popups

comment by lostinroutine · 2020-04-04 · in Show HN: Firefox addon that hides news articles about Covid-19

…larger than n KB. You can then choose to selectively load in specific blocked media elements. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by gabagool · 2020-03-18 · in A simpler, more organized Slack

…with various annoyance filter lists maintained by end-user volunteers that do that automatically. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation

comment by bmn__ · 2020-03-10 · in The opt-out illusion: how we have acquiesced to losing our privacy

Already fixed in uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0

comment by mrob · 2020-03-10 · in Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect user data

…networks and similar uBlock Origin can also be used in default-deny mode, see [1] * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2020-03-07 · in The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

…Recommend uBlock Origin instead. "Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought." https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation

comment by bmn__ · 2020-03-01 · in How many users block Google analytics? (2017)

…updates. See 1.25.0 release description: > From now on uBO will CNAME-uncloak network requests. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

comment by fwn · 2020-03-01 · in How many users block Google analytics? (2017)

…power to ad blocker authors, and a particular shoutout to: * Raymond Hill of uBlock Origin fame: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ * The EFF, for blocking trackers and other 3rd party nasties with Privacy Badger:…

comment by einpoklum · 2020-02-29 · in Are ad blockers doomed or have we already won? A history lesson

…uBlock Origin has the same functionality if you check "I am an advanced user" in settings. See: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by kozziollek · 2020-02-27 · in Things about the new Firefox browser for Android

…from a technical and human perspective appears to be much better than the current status quo. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy

comment by justsee · 2020-02-26 · in Brave Browser and the Wayback Machine: Working Together

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uBlock Origin 1.25.0 uncloaks CNAME-masked network requests in Firefox

story by marco1 · 2020-02-24 · 4 comments

…referrer header that's completely anonymous. How are referrer headers not a privacy violation? [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions#access-yo...

comment by soraminazuki · 2020-02-23 · in Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as 'fbclid' and 'utm'

…Hill's uBlock Origin [2]. [1] https://help.getadblock.com/support/solutions/articles/60000... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by akuji1993 · 2020-02-13 · in Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings

…one step more and overwrites Google Analytics functions with `null`, so it doesn't work at all. See https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/src/web_access...

comment by pkalinowski · 2020-02-12 · in Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers

Definitely a hack, but I've been using uBlock Origin to do minor CSS tweaking on websites I use ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... ).

comment by yoavm · 2020-02-05 · in Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin

…Origin is open source and doesn't accept donations or payments to whitelist ad networks: - Github: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ - Manifesto: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

comment by celsoazevedo · 2020-01-21 · in Every Google result now looks like an ad

That is fixed since 1.24.3b7 / https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases ?

comment by LargoLasskhyfv · 2020-01-20 · in How is search so bad? A case study

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uBlock adds ability to uncloak CNAME records

story by dgellow · 2019-12-06 · 0 comments

…step in the ad-tech / spy-tech war. uBlock recently found an approach for blocking cnamed origins: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/3a564c199260a857f3d...

comment by mrgreenfur · 2019-12-06 · in The Great Cannon has been deployed again

It's actually pretty simple to block with a recursive filtering algorithm like this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/compare/master...jameshill... or https://github.com/tiratatp/facebook_adblock/blob/master/src... which was roughly based…

comment by jameshilliard · 2019-12-03 · in How Facebook Avoids Ad Blockers

…by randomized class names, among other things, but was able to target it properly that way. 1. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#...

comment by imjasonmiller · 2019-11-25 · in Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results

Their most basic principle, "the user decides", had been stated here since 2014 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

comment by wfriesen · 2019-11-20 · in uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking

…many privacy protecting extensions disable it, because it can leak private information [0]. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...

comment by dmos62 · 2019-11-04 · in ShareDrop – P2P File Transfer Using WebRTC

…user-friendly approach for whoever wants to experiment with toggling on/off JavaScript easily. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by gorhill · 2019-10-27 · in Panopticlick

…and NewPipe[1] on Android. Not 100% sure what I'll do about the latter when I switch to iOS. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [1] https://newpipe.schabi.org/

comment by JadoJodo · 2019-10-21 · in NordVPN confirms it was hacked

Are you really browsing without uBlock Origin? Yikes. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jessaustin · 2019-09-26 · in Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed

…ads). Some other effect is at work here, it's probably just random network latency differences. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Doesn't-uBlock-Origin...

comment by bscphil · 2019-09-24 · in Show HN: A website speed test tool to compare uBlock Origin with plain Chrome

…Origin replaces some third-party scripts with empty (noop) functions or otherwise sterilized APIs. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library

comment by dictum · 2019-09-21 · in Apple neutered ad blockers in Safari, and users didn't say a thing

…allowed. And I'm aware PiHole is just DNS filtering, but an extra layer of blocking is useful. 1. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering

comment by ivl · 2019-09-20 · in Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari

…sometimes does) inject arbitrary scripts into the page. They can it "scriptlets", see this link: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... . You can see some usages in the "uBlock Filters" filter list included with…

comment by sigotirandolas · 2019-09-20 · in Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari

…time of writing, only works partially on mobile, and may break some edge cases I don't use :) [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax

comment by DCKing · 2019-09-20 · in Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari

uBlock Origin is completely free and open source. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ It's a very popular project on GitHub with many developers scrutinizing any changes to the codebase. Fears of uBlock Origin being a "security or privacy…

comment by commoner · 2019-09-20 · in Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari

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Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine

story by atarian · 2019-09-10 · 0 comments

…because it allows people to pay for memberships, but all the others seem superfluous. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by latexr · 2019-08-27 · in Privacy Fundamentalism

…when it comes to what is blocked or not, and also there is a difference due to policy[2]. * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax [2] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5zk8y/why-your-ad-blocke...

comment by gorhill · 2019-08-24 · in Ask HN: What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?

…https://malwaretips.com/threads/ublock0rigin-in-medium-mode-... [2]: Blocking mode: medium mode https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by XzetaU8 · 2019-08-24 · in Ask HN: What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?

…limited use to you though if you also use stylus' themes, as it won't let you remove an extension. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#...

comment by zaphodbeblebrox · 2019-08-24 · in Ask HN: What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?

More info here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by toupeira · 2019-08-24 · in Ask HN: What's the best setup for ad blocking and tracker blocking?

uBlock Origin goes a long way to mitigating such behaviours: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ But I agree that this level of privacy invasion should be illegal.

comment by jmngomes · 2019-08-23 · in I Visited 49 Sites. Hundreds of Trackers Followed Me

Correct. More information from the source: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp...

comment by Operyl · 2019-08-02 · in ‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-blocking list

Indeed: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

comment by stuartd · 2019-08-02 · in Google and Mozilla are failing to support browser extension developers

…having to enable advanced mode, by using the per-site JavaScript master switch.[1] * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by gorhill · 2019-07-28 · in Adblocking: How about Nah?