From 51ebb73d8e7b9bc84b90b67c7465e2a4c8d9b622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: neonItem <67307199+androidkotlindev@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 18:31:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] uBlock to uBlock Origin (and to uBO) --- ...ock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/2014-07-22:-uBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md b/2014-07-22:-uBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md index fdf88ad..b01fd5f 100644 --- a/2014-07-22:-uBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md +++ b/2014-07-22:-uBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ domains reported as "3rd-party" actually belong to the same entity which owns th Results -- figures are "3rd party / all". Ordered from least 3rd-party hits to most 3rd-party hits. Privacy-wise, lower numbers are better. -#### uBlock 0.2.3.3 +#### uBlock Origin (uBO) 0.2.3.3 - Distinct 1st-party/3rd-party pairs: **245** - Scripts: 569 / 852 @@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ Privacy Badger: warning from the browser: _"This extension is slowing down Chrom Ultimately, if you **really** want to increase significantly control over your privacy, [HTTP Switchboard](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard#http-switchboard-for-chromium) is the way to go. If web page breakage annoys you, just start using HTTP Switchboard in [allow-all/block-exceptionally mode](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-HTTP-Switchboard:-Two-opposing-views#the-allow-allblock-exceptionally-approach), -and blocklist your way up from this starting point. Unlike uBlock and others here, HTTP Switchboard does not +and blocklist your way up from this starting point. Unlike uBO and others here, HTTP Switchboard does not have unseen exception filters which often defeat good blocking filters. For example, [**this**](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/About-these-%22%E2%80%98virtually-impossible%E2%80%99-to-block%22-fingerprinting-tools#kind-of-low-breakage) is the way to foil many fingerprinting tricks, canvas fingerprinting included, without preventing javascript execution. ### Methodology All blockers were configured in such a way as to compare apples-vs-apples: -- **uBlock:** out-of-the-box settings -- no change. +- **uBO:** out-of-the-box settings -- no change. - **Adblock Plus:** out-of-the-box settings + _"EasyPrivacy"_, _"Malware Domains"_ checked. _"Acceptable ads"_ unchecked. _"Update now"_ clicked. - **Ghostery:** out-of-the-box settings + _"Advertising"_, _"Analytics"_, _"Beacons"_, _"Privacy"_ checked. _"Widgets"_ not checked. _"GhostRank"_ not checked. _"Update now"_ clicked (and ensured whatever new filters were used). - **Adguard:** out-of-the-box settings + _"Spyware and tracking"_, _"Phishing and malware protection"_ checked. _"Social media"_ not checked. _"Acceptable ads"_ unchecked. _"Check for filter updates"_ clicked. @@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ and each extension was tested as the only extension active in the browser. The official [Public Suffix List](https://publicsuffix.org/list/) is used to determine the domain of a URL. **Note regarding the methodology:** It has been said that I was unfair toward ABP because I didn't -use [Peter Lowe’s Ad server](http://pgl.yoyo.org/) list for ABP while I did for uBlock. It is +use [Peter Lowe’s Ad server](http://pgl.yoyo.org/) list for ABP while I did for uBO. It is true that I could have imported the list into ABP, which most certainly account for the difference -between ABP and uBlock. My answer to this is available at [Wilders Security Forum](http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/%C2%B5block-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-3#post-2386023). +between ABP and uBO. My answer to this is available at [Wilders Security Forum](http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/%C2%B5block-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-3#post-2386023).