gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…and so both now suffer from this bug that means noscript tags are not rendered/parsed at all https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/308 - so I felt I may as well just use ublock. Full-on global-disallow NoScript with that bug makes many…

comment by CannisterFlux · 2018-01-04 · in Opera now protects you from cryptojacking attacks

I like uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by greenyoda · 2017-12-30 · in Alternative to adblockplus on Firefox

…users who wouldn't be able to deal with default-deny mode can also be protected. * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... [2] https://github.com/easylist/easylist/commits/master…

comment by gorhill · 2017-12-29 · in Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures

…google.com to googleusercontent.com. Sure you can: google.com googleusercontent.com image block See https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-ru... . The only reason you'd use uMatrix is if you create rules that can't be…

comment by rvern · 2017-12-20 · in Taking a break from Adblock Plus development

…you're not) I just do not see your point. So could you explain us why you pick ABP over uBlock? [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-effic...

comment by Fnoord · 2017-12-20 · in Taking a break from Adblock Plus development

…plus has. In short: ditch adblock plus and switch to ublock origins. You'll find more details here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by bigbugbag · 2017-12-20 · in Firefox 57 delays requests to tracking domains

You can set global rules and individual exceptions based on domain. Read more about it here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by beckler · 2017-11-29 · in Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke'

…goal of allowing the user to personalise their browsing experience in whatever way they choose. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jdietrich · 2017-11-29 · in Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke'

…differentiating between whether to allow content from a domain globally, or only on specific sites. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu... Highly recommended.

comment by KozmoNau7 · 2017-11-29 · in Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke'

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#performance It might be biased since it's from µblock developer.

comment by akerro · 2017-11-20 · in Firefox Private Browsing vs. Chrome Incognito: Which Is Faster?

…it has been independently audited, but I trust it more than most of the software on my computer. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jdietrich · 2017-11-19 · in A Guide to Not Getting Hacked

…user" setting, you can fine tune script blocking in Ublock Origin. It's called dynamic filtering. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by notanote · 2017-11-18 · in NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

I suggest uBO's medium mode, this blocks 3rd-party scripts by default. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2017-11-16 · in No boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by session-replay scripts

Firefox Extensions: uBlock Origin : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Privacy Badger : https://www.eff.org/privacybadger Tab Memory Usage (legacy mode as not supported on v57) : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-memory-us..…

comment by satanic_pope · 2017-11-14 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions/add-ons for Firefox or chrome?

…Reddit Enhancement Suite https://redditenhancementsuite.com uBlock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Full Page Screen Capture https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/full-page-screen-c... h264ify https://github.com/erkserks

comment by bdz · 2017-11-14 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions/add-ons for Firefox or chrome?

…[0] https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/846781439890853893 I'm reminded of anti-bacterial soap [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-3rd-party-... periodically updating files is for cron jobs, not humans [2]…

comment by shpx · 2017-11-05 · in Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode whitespace: 1M downloads

…permit CSP submission [1] [0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/17/ublock_origin_csp_r... [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3140

comment by kogepathic · 2017-11-01 · in I'm Joining Report URI

▲ 2

UBlock Origin is blocking legitimate CSP reports

story by inian · 2017-10-17 · 0 comments

…the old version (works until Firefox 57 arrives) can, but the new webext version can not: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-WebExtensions...

comment by AlbertoGP · 2017-10-07 · in Testing Cliqz in Firefox

…-- with a few exceptions. For more details, I created a feature comparison table in the wiki: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-%22uBlock-is-in...

comment by gorhill · 2017-09-26 · in Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition

Thanks for the reminder to install ublock origin. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation

comment by sitkack · 2017-09-25 · in Disqus comments adding third-party ad-tracking

…button, which is slightly different, but probably not worth a separate extension for most people. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/How-to-whitelist-a-we...

comment by richdougherty · 2017-09-17 · in Show HN: No Coin – A browser extension to block coin miners

…for installation. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Wh... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ [3] https://github.com/nikrolls/uBlock-Edge/

comment by dEnigma · 2017-09-01 · in Insane state of today's advertising part 3

…now, the only reason it has been listed as otherwise by Mozilla is because of the update wrapper https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2576#issue-22541793... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2862#issuecomment-3...

comment by tga_d · 2017-09-01 · in Insane state of today's advertising part 3

…ad/content blocker) to block certain elements just by pointing your pointer at them. See: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-picker

comment by boramalper · 2017-08-29 · in Show HN: Make Medium Readable Again

▲ 5

Tell HN: How to Easily Add the WebExtensions Build of UBlock Origin to Firefox

story by kibwen · 2017-08-17 · 1 comment

…don't target any specific domain but I don't use the "position: absolute" rule on any of them. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1892

comment by yourduskquibble · 2017-08-11 · in Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases uBlock0.webext.xpi

comment by gcp · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

…not only does it allow several suspect ad networks to pass through it will inject ads of it's own. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Direct links to extensions: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...…

comment by microwavecamera · 2017-07-07 · in YouTube's videos don't start if you have Adblock enabled

…other. Even on your regular use browser I would highly recommend uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

comment by microwavecamera · 2017-07-04 · in Facebook can track your browsing even after you've logged out, judge says

…of ublock origin. I'm not entirely sure ff 54 supports all the needed APIs. uBlock0.webext.xpi @ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.12.4 Edit: I've disabled the addon signing requirement and all seems to be working. Hopefully…

comment by pix64 · 2017-06-14 · in Firefox 54: E10S-Multi, WebExtension APIs, CSS Clip-Path

…basis. Static and dynamic URL filtering of course allows you to filter on a per-URL basis. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2017-06-07 · in A day without JavaScript

…ubiquitous domains using uBO's point-and-click "firewall" pane, and used Facebook as an example: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to...

comment by gorhill · 2017-06-01 · in Facebook is an attack on the open web

I definitely recommend uBlock Origin - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by vecplane · 2017-05-16 · in New food delivery service Kiwi brings robots to UC Berkeley campus

…, the other one isn't being maintained any more. There is a pre-release Safari version as well now: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#safari-macos

comment by lorenzhs · 2017-05-14 · in uBlock vs. uBlock Origin (2015)

…ublock.org website links to the unmaintained uBlock. uBlock Origin by gorhill has active commits: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/master uBlock by chrisaljoudi seems to have stopped development:…

comment by diziet · 2017-05-14 · in uBlock vs. uBlock Origin (2015)

uBlock Origin fixed that for me. Link for the lazy: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by cryptarch · 2017-04-23 · in Imitating people’s speech patterns precisely could bring trouble

…can bundle in ad blocking in Chrome. As long as third party blockers (specifically uBlock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode for me) I don't mind. I go back and forth to using Mozilla Firefox mostly because I use…

comment by pooper · 2017-04-20 · in Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser

…div[id^="hyperfeed_story_id_"]:if(span.uiStreamAdditionalLogging:has-text(Sponsored))' [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.8.0 [3]…

comment by asquabventured · 2017-04-14 · in Princeton’s Ad-Blocker May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race

A correct URL to ublock Origin is: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ The one you posted is an abandoned fork.

comment by fwn · 2017-04-08 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions?

- uBlock Origin (cosmetic filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ - uMatrix (host-based filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/umatrix/ - HTTPS Everywhere: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere - Self Destructing Cookies (fine…

comment by dvko · 2017-04-08 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions?

…He seems pretty cool to me. And you can peruse the issues in the repo https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock I'm pretty sure you can't delete issues, so if someone found something and reported it you should be able to find it.

comment by bricestacey · 2017-04-06 · in The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment service Flattr

…on ABP[1], this makes your claim even more dubious. Feel free to provide actual examples. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#...

comment by gorhill · 2017-04-06 · in The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment service Flattr

…way. In Chrome I have a default uBlock Origin install, so it is not so aggressive with filtering. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-feature...

comment by intrasight · 2017-03-27 · in LA Times and ads

…the LAT page given as example gives this: http://share.pho.to/AegpU [1]: http://noscript.net/ [2]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [3]: https://wallabag.org/en and https://wallabag.it/en

comment by bigbugbag · 2017-03-26 · in LA Times and ads

…https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by SEJeff · 2017-03-15 · in Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable Ads Committee

…An example using facebook.com, can be applied to disqus.com or any ubiquitous 3rd-party out there: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-to...

comment by gorhill · 2017-02-14 · in Disqus Ads Are No Longer Free to Disable

…Each context will have its own local state which is separated from the state of other contexts [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by spaceboy · 2017-02-07 · in De-Anonymizing Web Browsing Data with Social Networks [pdf]

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

comment by naranana · 2017-02-03 · in Facebook’s AI unlocks the ability to search photos by what’s in them

Not a user of the edge version myself but the above version is endorsed on the uBlock origin repo: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#microsoft-edge

comment by vizzier · 2017-01-30 · in Chrome Widevine DRM can no longer be disabled