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…for almost as long as adblockers have existed[1]. https://adblockplus.org/filters#elemhide https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f... [1] Before browser based adblockers existed (late 1990s), we used to use filtering…

comment by pdkl95 · 2018-09-30 · in Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

…git clone https://github.com/mrcoles/full-page-screen-capture-chrome-extension.git wget https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/download/1.17.0/uBlock0.chromium.zip

comment by niftylettuce · 2018-09-24 · in Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google integration

…important regardless of blocking ads, as first parties want to track you too independent of ads. - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... - pi-hole.net

comment by user812 · 2018-09-17 · in Apple, Firefox tools aim to thwart Facebook, Google tracking

Works for me, don't know if my savior is uBlock Origin, uMatrix, or I Don't Care About Cookies... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

comment by severine · 2018-09-11 · in India’s Aadhaar Software Hacked, ID Database Compromised, Experts Confirm

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock This is an excellent ad-blocker, available for Firefox, Chrome, Edge & macOS Safari. It's well worth using; the only time I see clickbait is when I use someone else's computer.

comment by zeveb · 2018-08-21 · in Just Read the Book Already

…ads and trackers. Not that helpful with text-only sites but very useful with normal browsing. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by dammitfoo · 2018-08-19 · in Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites?

…they are downloaded, in stead of stripped after the download (like with uBlock). That’s false. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Does-uBlock-block-ads...

comment by gruez · 2018-08-07 · in Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker

…behavior of uBlock Origin when newly installed is to block ads, trackers and malware sites 1: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by earenndil · 2018-07-29 · in What We Have Now Is Not Advertising

…[3] https://adblockplus.org/forum/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&keyw... [4] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking

comment by shpx · 2018-07-29 · in An update on uBlock

I just use UBlock to block third party frames which helps block malware: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-Be...

comment by smileypete · 2018-07-28 · in An update on uBlock

…s://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/05/17/028245 tl;dr: the real one is Ublock Origin, get it here: https://github.com/gorhill/ublock From the same author I would also suggest uMatrix, sort of a NoScript on steroids which allows a much…

comment by squarefoot · 2018-07-28 · in An update on uBlock

From Ublock Origin's github( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ): uBlock Origin is (and has always been) COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the web site ublock.org. edit: and here is a commit blocking the site ublock.org -…

comment by ad1ttya · 2018-07-28 · in An update on uBlock

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp...

comment by rlabrecque · 2018-07-28 · in An update on uBlock

…address them beforehand... It's not their main mission, I think... Some info: - uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/827 - NoScript: https://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22532&p=...

comment by severine · 2018-07-28 · in Mozilla to Remove Support for Built-In Feed Reader from Firefox

…<div id="adTeaser" style="position: absolute; z-index: 10000; ..."> Please turn on your <a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin">ad blocker</a> to continue browsing this site </div>

comment by franciscop · 2018-07-07 · in Show HN: Pesky Adblock – Blocks site access to visitors without an adblocker

…be the difference between uBlock and uBlock Origin (they're not open-source but it's an example). https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by worez · 2018-07-02 · in Ask HN: How to fund the correct open-source organizations?

…deny as well by changing the mode [1]. It's not as fine-grained as uMatrix but works similarly. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode

comment by nikbackm · 2018-06-21 · in Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

…an unmaintained hoax of [2]?) Besides that, great article. [1]: https://www.ublock.org [2]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by 01001010 · 2018-06-10 · in Improve Your Privacy in the Age of Mass Surveillance

…meet the new boss. Please don't spread disinformation, uBO tracks nothing. Privacy policy is here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privacy-policy

comment by gorhill · 2018-06-06 · in Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools

…extensions like "uBlock0 (Origin)"[2], "uMatrix"[3]. [1] https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix Optionally, unrelated to security you can try "Dark Reader"…

comment by x0x · 2018-05-16 · in Firefox can now stop Instagram and Facebook from tracking you online

…"Online Abuse" and disrespect to the visiting users! Also not only I use Ad-block ... I use uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock with "Block media elements larger than" 100KB !! If anyone knows how to block Youtube Channel's Home video…

comment by someearth · 2018-05-10 · in Ask HN: How are you avoiding annoying auto-play videos? (Without ad-blocker)

uBlock Origin in medium or hard mode is similar to those. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by ChrisGranger · 2018-05-09 · in Firefox 60 released

…doesn't seem as straightforward (or I'm missing something) The advanced options documented here ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-settings ) don't seem to fit the description.

comment by lars_francke · 2018-05-05 · in Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think)

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story by wewake · 2018-05-05 · 5 comments

Yep, use https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by sklivvz1971 · 2018-05-05 · in Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think)

…as much as possible the number of connections to 3rd parties on any given web page. * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/67 [2] Privacy exposure, page load time, bandwidth, CPU/memory.

comment by gorhill · 2018-05-05 · in Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think)

uBlock lets you do that too, if you check "I am an advanced user" in the settings: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by helb · 2018-04-26 · in CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran (2013)

…www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html and Firefox with - https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix - https://github.com/gorhill/ublock Hope that keeps the pest away ;)

comment by binaryanomaly · 2018-04-23 · in Ask HN: Is no anti-virus software still best practice for mac?

…that the author thought could be avoided. I just check the privacy list options in uBlock Origin. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-effic...

comment by redwall_hp · 2018-04-18 · in Facebook to ask everyone to accept being tracked so they can keep using it

…image hosted on a FB domain from being loaded, which defeats the more nefarious FB tracking. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by maximente · 2018-04-18 · in Facebook to ask everyone to accept being tracked so they can keep using it

…'Origin') is not the recommended one. The original is maintained by gorhill and it's available from https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by alibert · 2018-04-18 · in Facebook to ask everyone to accept being tracked so they can keep using it

…uBO with dynamic filtering[1] + I've replaced 'CAD' with 'Forget Me Not'[2] works like a charm. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu... [2] https://github.com/Lusito/forget-me-not

comment by vidyesh · 2018-04-18 · in Facebook Container for Firefox

…[3] For me, using uBlock Origin along with Privacy Badger [4] from EFF is a good combination. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... [3]:…

comment by newscracker · 2018-04-11 · in Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham

…and block rules can be easily locally overridden in case it is needed for a specific site. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to...

comment by gorhill · 2018-04-11 · in Facebook Can’t Be Fixed, It Needs to Be Broken Up

uBlock Origin has an option to do it[1]. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...

comment by ryuuchin · 2018-03-29 · in VPN leaks users’ IPs via WebRTC

Would enabling this uBlock option not be perfectly sufficient at preventing this attack? https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...

comment by piracykills · 2018-03-28 · in VPN leaks users’ IPs via WebRTC

This extension is excellent and works on mobile if you have Android Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock If you're on iOS, Brave has an ad blocker built in.

comment by smt88 · 2018-03-24 · in How Bangladesh vanquished diarrhoea

…= noopnullfn; ga.getAll = function() { return []; }; ga.remove = noopfn; w[gaName] = ga; // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3075 var dl = w.dataLayer; if ( dl instanceof Object && dl.hide instanceof Object && typeof dl.hide.end…

comment by greydata · 2018-03-23 · in Google analytics integrated in to Chrome

…uBlock Origin in medium mode (check "I'm an advanced user" in the settings, and read this guide: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... I default deny all 3rd party scripts and frames, in addition to the…

comment by KozmoNau7 · 2018-03-21 · in Blocklist Facebook domains

…up how you want to handle it. I would recommend "Medium mode"[1] as defined in the uBlock wiki. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by ryuuchin · 2018-03-21 · in Blocklist Facebook domains

…Github instead of the store, and you can avoid the problem. Instructions for Chrome/Firefox here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/dist/README.md Other browsers see the overview here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/mast…

comment by jmiserez · 2018-03-05 · in Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates

Use uBlock Origin [1] and uMatrix [2] instead. Also using Inox [2] browser helps too. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix [3] https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset/releases

comment by tux · 2018-03-05 · in Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates

…the browser will make outside of that scope. You also have the "behind the scene" settings: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-netw... That's for uBlock Origin but I seem to recall it works similarly in uMatrix (can't…

comment by severine · 2018-03-02 · in Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs

…long been thinking of bringing that ability to uBO, but I want to do it right UI-wise. * * * [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... [2]…

comment by gorhill · 2018-02-27 · in Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU-draining mining ads

…simpler for some folks, a few links: Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ uBlock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation NoScript: https://noscript.net/ Privacy Badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

comment by Nicksil · 2018-02-27 · in Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU-draining mining ads

Afaik you can do that with "hard mode" [0]. [0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by okanesen · 2018-02-27 · in Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU-draining mining ads

Using uBlock Origin in medium mode will block third party domains by default. You will be safe. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by 0x17A · 2018-02-27 · in Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU-draining mining ads

You can actually configure uBlock Origin to block like this, https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by simcop2387 · 2018-01-30 · in Facebook is banning all ads promoting cryptocurrencies

Instead of Noscript, use uBlock Origin in dynamic mode: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering

comment by KozmoNau7 · 2018-01-23 · in DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to also protect you while browsing

…enabling selective script sources only on that specific host. I find it a reasonable middle-ground. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by hendersoon · 2018-01-06 · in Fantastic Timers: High-Resolution Microarchitectural Attacks in JS (2017) [pdf]