From 8abf47820a2d158252cb790707440b590564b92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tlu1024 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 03:48:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] --host-rules added --- Privacy-stuff.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Privacy-stuff.md b/Privacy-stuff.md index 24cc553..2cab267 100644 --- a/Privacy-stuff.md +++ b/Privacy-stuff.md @@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ I personally use these command line switches (Chromium on Linux): - _"Disable several subsystems which run network requests in the background"_ ([ref](http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#disable-background-networking)) - [add more switch of interests whenever new ones are found] +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). + - _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._ + ##### 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.