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Medium blocking mode can help in sites like TechRadar https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by XzetaU8 · 2019-07-23 · in Forget Windows, Linux or macOS: Try These Alternative Operating Systems

…If you haven't already switched, please install and encourage others to install uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by k1m · 2019-07-11 · in Taboola, Outbrain and the Chum Supply Chain

…bot activity on any kind of vps or vpn netblock than there is on typical residential netblocks. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...

comment by harshreality · 2019-07-06 · in VPN owners: 97 VPN products run by 23 companies

…the time to appreciate uBlock Origin's advanced mode, since 3rd party JS is blacklisted by default https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-feature...

comment by alinspired · 2019-06-28 · in Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?

Raymond outlines his reasons for refusing donations on the ublock wiki, if anyone is curious: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... One thing he (rightfully) points out is that the real power of ad-blocking…

comment by Qub3d · 2019-06-27 · in Reinventing Firefox for Android

…add support for synchronising settings. For example, uBlock Origin supports Firefox Sync: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Cloud-storage

comment by auscompgeek · 2019-06-23 · in Give Firefox a chance

…it. Most websites break on first visit, which makes me more aware of all the extraneous crap. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by latexr · 2019-06-20 · in Vivaldi 2.6

uBlock is an unmaintained fork of uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp... If it's in the App Store, it's not even a fork, it's just some piece of software using the "uBlock" name.

comment by Marsymars · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20

…actually still maintaining a Firefox-legacy version, latest release just a couple of weeks ago: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/firefox-legac...

comment by icebraining · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20

Yes https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/firefox-legac... and here's the uBlock Origin Updater https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/ublock0-updater/

comment by XzetaU8 · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20

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story by babak_ap · 2019-06-17 · 330 comments

…way the requests are modified is statically verifiable. That sure sounds more secure to me. [0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/98271f6140bb188222e21...

comment by joshuamorton · 2019-06-05 · in Plausible Deniability and Gaslighting in Fighting Ad Blockers

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story by jxub · 2019-05-31 · 0 comments

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... Here is the official explanation of why donations are not accepted.

comment by Technetium · 2019-05-30 · in Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

…and fraudulent monetisation approach to content is doing all of humanity a huge favor. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy [2]: https://twitter.com/acfou

comment by justsee · 2019-05-30 · in Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

Fix: install uBlock addon: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases , after you can add any addons without errors.

comment by GeorgeVO · 2019-05-04 · in Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

All, you can install latest add-ons here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

comment by GeorgeVO · 2019-05-04 · in Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

uBlock Origin already blocks this feature. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#d...

comment by ChrisGranger · 2019-04-20 · in Mozilla Firefox to Enable Hyperlink Ping Tracking by Default

Please correct me if I am mistaken, but wasn't https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock where the original uBlock was hosted at? Gorhill might had declared Raymond to be the "owner" of uBlock but to me it is not clear that uBlock Origin is a fork…

comment by AnaniasAnanas · 2019-04-15 · in Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in web pages

…text and readme.MD below) --- Edit: [2] Hill's own words about this matter on Apr 11, 2015: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38#issuecomment-918...

comment by fireattack · 2019-04-15 · in Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in web pages

…does not support the $rewrite filter option and it is not vulnerable to the described attack." [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by k1m · 2019-04-15 · in Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in web pages

…Add the following to 'My Filters': news.ycombinator.com##table tr tr:has([href*="nytimes.com"]) [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f...

comment by yourduskquibble · 2019-04-14 · in The New York Times sells premium ads based on how an article makes you feel

…Plus filter syntax it's not difficult to use ABP filters or to port hostfile filters over. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Does-uBlock-block-ads...

comment by Aengeuad · 2019-04-03 · in I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me

Ublock origin has the :has and :xpath operators for cases like this. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f...

comment by anoncake · 2019-03-19 · in Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

uBlock Origin has a visual picker, which also saves the blocking rule for future visits: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-picker

comment by icebraining · 2019-02-18 · in The shady economics of ‘buy one, get one free’ deals

…Origin via tweaking advanced settings[1], but it should be a built-in, user friendly feature. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-tu...

comment by Wowfunhappy · 2019-01-30 · in Add limits to amount of JavaScript that can be loaded by a website

…ttps://www.reddit.com/r/ublock/comments/32mos6/ublock_vs_ub... ). Everyone should run uBlock Origin ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ) unless they have a reason to run something else.

comment by troydavis · 2019-01-23 · in Show HN: Simple Opt Out – Makes it easier to opt out of data sharing

…that you could still circumvent the random div IDs by just matching against the text itself ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f... ), but they even obfuscate that!

comment by pillfill · 2019-01-23 · in Blocking website ads with a hosts file

…matching algorithm than the one matching algorithm picked by the declarativeNetRequest API. --- [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2019-01-23 · in Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

…is really high, and that sounds like something Google should fix rather than eliminating it. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering [2]…

comment by 43920 · 2019-01-23 · in Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

The only ethical thing to do, is to block advertisement: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

comment by kome · 2019-01-21 · in CNIL imposes a financial penalty of 50M euros against Google

…need for something like this - they provide an injectable "scriptlet" that adds the necessary CSS: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library#amp... Unfortunately, scriptlet injection also can't be applied to every page…

comment by EvilTerran · 2019-01-13 · in Ask HN: Is it just me or is the AMP project making everything slower?

…the benefits are greater for me than the risks. You could actually roll your own uBlock extension: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock then write a script that updates it in your browser. Is that safe enough? :)

comment by kowdermeister · 2019-01-09 · in Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete Facebook

…blockers that are explicitly targeted by such detection methods have ways for work around that (see https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/src/web_access... ). I honestly would have expected for that to be the enforced default…

comment by dividuum · 2019-01-08 · in How LinkedIn detects browser extensions

…Origin 'Accesses your tabs and browsing history'". Yeah. Because it needs those things to function: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions Anyone who's ever written an Android app or a Chrome extension should see right through…

comment by Puer · 2018-12-19 · in Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ private messages

…like uBlock Origin, are open source, so you can examine the code and see what they're doing: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock The basic algorithm is to match URLs of loadable resources (images, JavaScript files, iframes, etc.) against…

comment by greenyoda · 2018-12-08 · in Ask HN: How to locate ads on websites programmatically?

…encourages donating to the ublock origin lists as without them ubo would be nothing. See here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

comment by kotajacob · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

Good to see wat being used over bringing in emscripten baggage: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/src/js/wasm

comment by __s · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

…[1] https://github.com/pieroxy/lz-string/blob/ba8988028d78962eba... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/2a91a685ce3d2dae5d3c2...

comment by vanderZwan · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

…uBO is the ability to use dynamic filtering[1] which bypasses the filter list problem entirely. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by ryuuchin · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

…to advanced mode and default-deny 3rd party scripts and frames. Then I noop sites only as needed: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by KozmoNau7 · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

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

comment by 11235813213455 · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

…of the various lists. These lists are everything. This can't be emphasized enough. [1] - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

comment by wickedwiesel · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released

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story by ronjouch · 2018-12-03 · 149 comments

….org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a... Here's an interesting discussion about the second solution: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/909

comment by subsection1h · 2018-11-30 · in Mozilla pulls Bypass Paywalls from Firefox add-ons store

…in future. I'd add searx.me to search engines, and uBlock Origin to ad-blockers, in medium mode: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by auslander · 2018-11-30 · in Google Container for Firefox – Prevent Google from tracking you around the web

…made to scam people,[1][2] he will have to deal with whatever consequences there is doing so. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1451

comment by _noqo · 2018-11-17 · in UBlock-LLC taking code from ad blocker uBlock Origin without proper attribution

As fair as I know, nothing and by no one. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... He'll work on it for as long as he feels like it. I've made sure to thank him for his work and signal that I appreciate what he does…

comment by KozmoNau7 · 2018-10-25 · in Adblock filter rule list modified politically in Finland

…Medium Mode (blocking only 3rd-party scripts) as there isn't much difference between them. [1] [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode

comment by kozziollek · 2018-10-25 · in Adblock filter rule list modified politically in Finland

Documentation is here for more details: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-zapper The zapper will also try to detect and remove CSS rules which prevent the whole page from being scrolled.

comment by gorhill · 2018-10-03 · in Show HN: ekill – Like xkill, but for annoying web page elements