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##### Intro
If you really care very much about your privacy (not being tracked, data mined, etc.), µBlock is a crutch (a good one though), even with _EasyPrivacy_ enabled (this is true for any "ad blocker"). If you want more than a good crutch, [HTTP Switchboard](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard#http-switchboard-for-chromium) is the way to go: it gives you full disclosure and full control of what web pages do.
If you really care very much about your privacy (not being tracked, data mined, etc.), uBlock is a crutch (a good one though), even with _EasyPrivacy_ enabled (this is true for any "ad blocker"). If you want more than a good crutch, [HTTP Switchboard](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard#http-switchboard-for-chromium) is the way to go: it gives you full disclosure and full control of what web pages do.
##### Settings
Unlike HTTP Switchboard, µBlock can't foil cookie headers. For privacy-minded users it is strongly suggested to...
Unlike HTTP Switchboard, uBlock can't foil cookie headers. For privacy-minded users it is strongly suggested to...
- Enable _"Block third-party cookies and site data"_ in _"Content settings"_ / _"Cookies"_.
- It works very well: see "Outbound cookies" in [this benchmark results](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares).
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Another powerful command line switch is:
- `--host-rules="MAP *.google-analytics.com 0.0.0.0","MAP *.googleadservices.com 0.0.0.0","MAP *.doubleclick.net 0.0.0.0","MAP *.googletagservices.com 0.0.0.0"`
- This switch maps those hostnames (or any other ones) to the IP address 0.0.0.0 ([ref](http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#host-rules)) and hence blocks them effectively (even on the Chrome webstore where extensions like µBlock are disabled).
- This switch maps those hostnames (or any other ones) to the IP address 0.0.0.0 ([ref](http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#host-rules)) and hence blocks them effectively (even on the Chrome webstore where extensions like uBlock are disabled).
- _However, note that blocking those hostnames with that switch might break some websites. That's why blocking them with HTTP Switchboard is preferable since you can whitelist them as exceptions for those websites which won't work without them. Alternatively, you could use the `important` filter option mentioned below._
##### Regarding EasyPrivacy
In case you were not aware, using _EasyPrivacy_ doesn't protect completely against Google Analytics. So if you were using Adblock Plus with _EasyPrivacy_ (as [recommended by the EFF](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/04/4-simple-changes-protect-your-privacy-online)), you might have thought you were protected against Google Analytics. This is not necessarily the case.
If you are using µBlock, it protects you *more* against Google Analytics out of the box -- via _"Peter Lowe's Ad server"_ list. Yet, given that an exception filter may exist somewhere in one of the many lists, blocking Google Analytics (or similarly ubiquitous hostnames) is not possible with preset filter lists.
If you are using uBlock, it protects you *more* against Google Analytics out of the box -- via _"Peter Lowe's Ad server"_ list. Yet, given that an exception filter may exist somewhere in one of the many lists, blocking Google Analytics (or similarly ubiquitous hostnames) is not possible with preset filter lists.
##### Overriding exception filters
However, in [µBlock 0.5.5.0](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.5.5.0) a new filter option `important` was introduced with the consequence that corresponding exception rules are ignored. Example: Adding
However, in [uBlock 0.5.5.0](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.5.5.0) a new filter option `important` was introduced with the consequence that corresponding exception rules are ignored. Example: Adding
||google-analytics.com^$important