From 455373aacfe4155a093aae69a4ae82be173bd43d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 11:48:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated About the required permissions (markdown) --- About-the-required-permissions.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/About-the-required-permissions.md b/About-the-required-permissions.md index 15f00b6..35de037 100644 --- a/About-the-required-permissions.md +++ b/About-the-required-permissions.md @@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ Since [version 0.9.8.2](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e65c2939757f09d This is necessary to be able to: - Disable _"Prefetch resources to load pages more quickly"_ - - This will ensure no TCP connection is opened **at all** for blocked requests: **It's for your own protection privacy-wise.** + - This will ensure no TCP connection is opened **at all** for blocked requests: **It's for your own protection privacy-wise.**[1] - For pages with lots for blocked requests, this will actually remove overhead from page load (if you did not have the setting already disabled). ![c](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7914528/924b9314-0845-11e5-8012-f67e4b1814cd.png) See code: -- [chrome.privacy.network](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e65c2939757f09db646d277b82da8690aaf3adbc) \ No newline at end of file +- [chrome.privacy.network](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e65c2939757f09db646d277b82da8690aaf3adbc) + +[1] Merely opening a TCP connection leaks your IP address to the remote server -- this is incompatible with an extension which primary purpose is to **completely** prevent connections to remove server, not just merely prevent the transfer of data. \ No newline at end of file