gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…a couple of refreshes and a couple false starts when it comes to ordering stuff on e.g. shopify: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by maximente · 2020-12-23 · in The Quantum Ad-List contains domains used by ads, trackers, malware

…podcasts and websites. [1] https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/fellow-research-decen... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/976 [3] https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/2238

comment by guidovranken · 2020-12-20 · in Ask HN: To which FOSS projects will you donate a little something?

Universal analytics opt out: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by veeti · 2020-12-16 · in Google Analytics Opt Out

Disable javascript for nytimes.com. It's a one click action with uBlock Origin in your browser. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by ffpip · 2020-12-14 · in Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out

…reason? We don't have to speculate. The reason is right here, and it's not because of malware. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp... If it were malware, then why would it still be in the Chrome Web Store? Google…

comment by _qulr · 2020-12-10 · in Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta

…very effective method to bypass them. At least, that's what I can gather from the linked issue and https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0 – so I'm not sure if I understand that article. In goatcounter the whole CNAME thing…

comment by arp242 · 2020-12-07 · in Using Google Analytics without GDPR consent

It would be interesting to gather a list. uBlock Origin can disable Web Fonts https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-... so it should be possible to log. And given a list it is not hard to download.

comment by sergeykish · 2020-12-05 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance

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

comment by bmn__ · 2020-12-04 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance

…browser extensions which will block them on your behalf. uBlock Origin is the most common example. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by SquareWheel · 2020-12-04 · in Using Google Analytics without GDPR consent

…to prevent loading elements above certain size. I personally find it to be a nice middle ground. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by scaladev · 2020-12-04 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance

Now is the time to improve your life: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jessaustin · 2020-12-03 · in Obsolete trig functions and why we don't use them anymore (2013)

…The full list of things that can be allow/block'd by uBO is at https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... I have a "block everything by default" rule at the top that's: *$css,font,frame,media,object,p

comment by Arnavion · 2020-11-29 · in Please disable JavaScript to view this site

…data from ending up in the hands of the trackers/data miners, and DNT is not one of these tools. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/827#issuecomment-15...

comment by surround · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks

uBlock Origin* https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

comment by switch007 · 2020-11-20 · in Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

Be sure to use UBlock Origin, not UBlock. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ Facebook is a pretty high profile website, so it is unlikely that UBlock Origin won't block all adds there (I don't use Facebook myself, so I can't verify). In a…

comment by Freak_NL · 2020-11-17 · in Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

…it only for specific sites by overriding the global block rule with a local noop rule. * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by gorhill · 2020-11-14 · in Don't use third party auth to sign in

Try uBlock origin. You can use procedural filters to work around randomized ids and classes. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f...

comment by anoncake · 2020-11-02 · in Screw instagram and Facebook trying to engineer me

…NextDNS [2], I can't remember when I last saw an ad on YouTube. I recommend you give it a try. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://nextdns.io/

comment by Etheryte · 2020-11-01 · in New youtube-dl release: v2020.11.01.1

▲ 1

An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers

story by Gedxx · 2020-10-21 · 0 comments

…and not just "uBlock". "uBlock Origin" is the original and real deal. The other one is a scam. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock (mentioned multiple times in these threads) Discussion about the two: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1433…

comment by crossroadsguy · 2020-10-09 · in Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better

…contribute by helping translate uBlock Origin on Crowdin: https://crowdin.net/project/ublock from https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#about

comment by severine · 2020-10-08 · in Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better

adblock and ublock are absolutely not interchangeable. Here is the source code for ublock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock which is GNU GPL v3.0 Adblock is run by Wladimir Palant's Eyeo GmbH. It used to be an open source project but was…

comment by vorpalhex · 2020-10-08 · in Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better

…what works with my setup, but it does not necessary matches your accepted level of "brokennes". [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode

comment by sergeykish · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…$stylesheet $first-party $third-party $xmlhttprequest $csp $inline-script $inline-font ... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax

comment by rasz · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…to help instead of helping directly, then find someone who wants to be paid to fix bugs in uBO. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

comment by srtjstjsj · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…a really good alternative. It's all the granularity that most users could really need, I think. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by JeremyNT · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…and now compare to the 'personal fork' that is uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors?from=2... So if 'squatting' the name of your own OSS project is considered 'user hostile' then let this

comment by Aengeuad · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

…already, then you don't really need uMatrix or NoScript. Just enable medium mode or hard mode: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by Drawde · 2020-09-20 · in uMatrix has been archived

I suggest using uBlock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by dependenttypes · 2020-09-08 · in Google has removed the option to disable autoplay from Mobile Chrome

What ads? : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin

comment by DavideNL · 2020-09-01 · in Htop 3.0

…with the added ability vs. NoScript of being able to create rules on a per-site basis.[2] * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by gorhill · 2020-08-29 · in Tell HN: Check medium's localstorage if you use adblock

…is checked by default in Firefox for Android, it's something you may want to toggle.[1] * * * [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Filter-lis...

comment by gorhill · 2020-08-26 · in Firefox Android Build that caused issues is working as intended

…of locked-down hotel entertainment system. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24276819 [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy

comment by justsee · 2020-08-26 · in WebBundles harmful to content blocking, security tools, and the open web

…header present, then this switch will fail to block the said media elements by size." Source: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by aembleton · 2020-08-25 · in The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

Or you could limit the size of media elements https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by aembleton · 2020-08-24 · in The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

…also lets you set the maximum size of media elements so that you can restrict them to say 50KB max. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by aembleton · 2020-08-24 · in The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

…for general consumption. More context on how things were around the time of the initial transfer: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38#issuecomment-918...

comment by jefftk · 2020-08-07 · in Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search results

Set uBlock Origin to block media elements larger than 50KB or whatever threshold you want. More info: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...

comment by aembleton · 2020-08-05 · in Show HN: Unscreen – Automatically remove video backgrounds with ML

…CNAMEs, but it is not a default configuration. I believe this is the default now, isn't it? [0] [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0

comment by JeremyNT · 2020-07-13 · in 13% of my website visitors block Google Analytics

…any of the default lists, and uBlock Origin ships parts of its own assets from this domain.[1] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/search?q=jsdelivr

comment by bsnnkv · 2020-07-13 · in Show HN: Notado – Content-First Bookmarking

I used Firefox with ublock origin[0] and never see an ad. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by vuln · 2020-07-08 · in Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse?

…Install ungoogled-chromium: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium Install these extensions: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/ilGur1132/Smart-HTTPS There is also a Chromium extension that lets you install from…

comment by niftylettuce · 2020-07-02 · in DuckDuckGo browser seemingly sends domains a user visits to DDG servers

…the new Reddit interface a dumpster fire [6] https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect [7] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [8] https://github.com/tats/w3m [9] https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc

comment by jamesponddotco · 2020-06-26 · in Ask HN: Do you use an Ad/Content blockers?

…and scriptlets in the wild. Many of these block rules are impossible to implement in Safari. [0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-fil... [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library [2]:…

comment by danShumway · 2020-06-24 · in Safari is adopting an extensions API similar to Firefox’s WebExtensions

…a setup like PiHole, because the browser has more access to a given request's current context. [0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering [2]:…

comment by danShumway · 2020-06-24 · in Safari is adopting an extensions API similar to Firefox’s WebExtensions

…has some nice documentation of the different features, measurements of their overhead, etc. E.g.: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Doesn't-uBlock-Origin...

comment by aswan · 2020-06-23 · in Safari is adopting an extensions API similar to Firefox’s WebExtensions

Why not just use ublock origin in medium mode[0] (or hard mode[1] if you're so inclined)? [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by Drawde · 2020-06-18 · in Massive spying on users of Google's Chrome shows new security weakness

…Origin can block this behavior. Here's a posting with links to more resources on hyperlink-auditig https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#d...

comment by propogandist · 2020-06-15 · in Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chrome 85 address bar

Authoritative reference for anyone else curious about this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

comment by dpifke · 2020-06-10 · in You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain

Maybe it is in addition to my ad blocker ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ). Either way, don't surf without them.

comment by danamkaplan · 2020-06-09 · in How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity