gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…(1) https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix (2) https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-WebSocket (3) To RTFM; https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki

comment by raddad · 2016-05-04 · in AdBlock Plus teams up with Flattr to help readers pay publishers

…super fast, has a much smaller memory footprint, has a strict policy against "acceptable ads" ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md ), licensed under the GPLv3, and hosted in a very active repository on GitHub (…

comment by deprave · 2016-05-03 · in AdBlock Plus teams up with Flattr to help readers pay publishers

…to give up because there was no way to make it work reliably (using current extensions API). [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1028

comment by gorhill · 2016-04-23 · in About rel=noopener

…can work as a generic filter to block the kinds of overlays that the anti-adblockers show. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/ff8f0eb7a9c39e8941f...

comment by ryuuchin · 2016-04-08 · in Forbes Site, After Begging You Turn Off Adblocker, Serves Up Malware 'Ads'

…example, uBO's abilities far exceed those of your average adblocker that relies only on filterlists https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki

comment by XzetaU8 · 2016-04-02 · in Show HN: What every browser knows about you

…use the Disconnect lists from within uBlock). uMatrix does give you the control over cookies. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by ryuuchin · 2016-04-02 · in Show HN: What every browser knows about you

…ads on the site may be worse than the mic-drop feature. There is a fix available for this issue: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation

comment by coldpie · 2016-04-01 · in Google 'mic drop' Gmail joke for April Fools' day backfires

…I consider "ublock.org" to be a scam[1], and I consider your page to be propping up a scam. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1451#issuecomment-1...

comment by gorhill · 2016-03-20 · in Thank you for ad blocking

See the explanation on https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#beware-ublock-origin-is-co...

comment by edwintorok · 2016-03-20 · in Thank you for ad blocking

> exemptions for first party scripts only uBlock Origin's advanced mode supports this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2016-03-16 · in Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by 'ransomware' malvertising

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Cloud-storage It does.

comment by agildehaus · 2016-03-13 · in UBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared

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story by diziet · 2016-03-13 · 59 comments

…but they don't do anything. They are called surrogate script and noscript already uses them. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/assets/ublock/...

comment by Pharaoh2 · 2016-03-12 · in YouTube now shows "An error has occurred" while ads running

…the number of network requests blocked), one must be careful with this specific measurement.[1] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-%22This-other-e...

comment by gorhill · 2016-03-10 · in Opera: Introducing native ad-blocking feature for faster browsing

…enable javascript I find the uBlock interface makes it (relatively) easy to get sites working. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by JeremyNT · 2016-03-07 · in Widespread XSS Vulnerabilities in Ad Network Code

…in features Firefox already has, allowing you to quickly switch options on and off as you like. 0: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ 1: https://filterlists.com/ 2: https://github.com/schomery/privacy-settings/

comment by _jomo · 2016-02-21 · in Ask HN: What is the single best addon for privacy?

Install uBlock origin plugin, which has a "Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP address" option: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Prevent-WebRTC-from-l...

comment by kdeldycke · 2016-02-21 · in Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari

…I use them to get release notifications / notes on things like uBlock to find out what's new. Eg. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tags.atom Also good for smaller things like npm components that might not have a blog you can subscribe to…

comment by joshschreuder · 2016-02-05 · in Show HN: GitHub Notifier

…use this triple combo : HTTPS Everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere uBlock Origin : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock uMatrix : https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix I have used Noscript, AdBlockPlus and Ghostery before but found…

comment by sheepdestroyer · 2016-02-01 · in Decentraleyes: A Firefox addon to prevent tracking via free CDN providers

…overhead than Adblock Plus C) The ability for uBlock Origin to double as a Javascript blocker. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#cpu

comment by AdmiralAsshat · 2016-01-28 · in Tails 2.0 is out

…(transparent and no overhead, works on Android too!) https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock (a handful of websites will detect it - you can then switch to visual blocking for that domain to get around it, for…

comment by Paul_S · 2016-01-21 · in How we fought bad ads in 2015

…there are enough well supported, credible and repeated references in support of such decision. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Badware-risks#sourcef...

comment by gorhill · 2016-01-20 · in Adblock Plus blocked from attending online ad industry’s big annual conference

…project. uBlock doesn't need to go to ad conferences and talk to people, it just filters content. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

comment by cballard · 2016-01-20 · in Adblock Plus blocked from attending online ad industry’s big annual conference

…Sadly I can't find a explainatory page on it right now; a possible resource file is located at: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/assets/ublock/...

comment by fwn · 2016-01-09 · in Forbes asked readers to turn off adblockers then immediately served them malware

…inline script for the page, at the cost of probably breaking some functionality on the page. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-fil... [2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=168175

comment by gorhill · 2015-12-14 · in Show HN: FuckFuckAdblock

…a local, neutered version of the resource. FuckAdblock is part of the available neutered resources: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/db74ea310b966def35e84... So a filter like the following one work with uBO 1.4.0 to neuter…

comment by gorhill · 2015-12-14 · in Show HN: FuckFuckAdblock

…ublock origin can use it, it's the ublock badware risks filter list which is blocking sourceforge : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Badware-risks

comment by bigbugbag · 2015-12-03 · in Trojan found in Filezilla downloaded from SourceForge

I think it's mentioned in the commit on uBO: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/ba05804060ec7c4399c... But basically making external calls to any outside site leaks information (metadata). Some people really don't want want to be…

comment by RexM · 2015-12-02 · in Show HN: Adblock Analytics

This has already been added to uBO's filters: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/ba05804060ec7c4399c...

comment by gorhill · 2015-12-02 · in Show HN: Adblock Analytics

see also https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/67

comment by escap · 2015-11-23 · in Baffling Web Trackers by Obfuscating Your Movements Online

…allowed this behavior. [1] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=457629 [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-fil... [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [4] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

comment by ryuuchin · 2015-11-21 · in Popular Google Chrome extensions are constantly tracking you by default

…to block it everywhere without any way for any static filter to counter it.[3] * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Overview-of-uBlock's-... [3]…

comment by gorhill · 2015-11-05 · in Firefox Now Offers a More Private Browsing Experience

…is on by deafault in uBlock. It is. See the readme: https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock or https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by cremno · 2015-10-29 · in Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web Developers

The update is accepted as well now. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/880#issuecomment-15...

comment by issaria · 2015-10-29 · in An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store

Looks like someone from Google noticed and apologized https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/880#issuecomment-15... .

comment by alex_marchant · 2015-10-29 · in An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store

Not the first time Chrome Web Store people mess with uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/50

comment by dchest · 2015-10-29 · in An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store

There are a bit less than 1000 lines changed from 1.2.0 to 1.3.2 ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/compare/1.2.0...1.3.2 ) I'm pretty sure google's Chrome dev team could check them by hand in less than a day and be a little more specific…

comment by t_fatus · 2015-10-29 · in An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store

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story by vzjrz · 2015-10-29 · 113 comments

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jstalin · 2015-10-23 · in In unexpected discovery, comet contains alcohol, sugar

…script tags at once, and the site will load fine, though with some broken functionality.[2] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-fil... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/821#issuecomment-14...

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-18 · in Axel Springer bans adblock users from Bild online

…certainly not going to work for all users, but it's worth a look if you can grok the interface. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-user-feature...

comment by plorg · 2015-10-18 · in Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On

…Facebook globally with exceptions where needed is a top advice to reduce privacy exposure.[3] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#easy-mo... [2] Followed by `googletagservices.com`, `twitter.com`. [3]…

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-15 · in Internet Companies: Confusing Consumers for Profit

It's not an advantage per se, it just has a UI for managing the filtering of various requests: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu... One way to use it is to set global deny rules for various things and then only…

comment by maxerickson · 2015-10-15 · in Internet Companies: Confusing Consumers for Profit

…will impact incognito/private browsing; firejail allows me to run a browser "wide open" safely. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by JeremyNT · 2015-10-12 · in Embed Linkedin profile page to see who visited your website

…too much that of the other uBlock.[2] [1] https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/646059022790037504 [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/50

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

> I wish they made that clear I agree, I opened an issue to address this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/773

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…from leaking local IP addresses"? If so, this will prevent Hangout from working. Reference issue: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/757

comment by gorhill · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…fork, now called uBlock [2]. The maker of the latter also sells Purify on the iOS app store. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock - uBlock Origin [2]: http://ublock.org/ - uBlock

comment by newscracker · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by loco5niner · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

…in favor of uBlock Origin [1], which has a much smaller memory footprint and is faster. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by newscracker · 2015-10-02 · in Adblock Sold to Mystery Company