From 94314e80c3cb58b28c9d477ae386dd93b0ba4636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 09:50:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Created Tips and tricks waterfall (markdown) --- Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md diff --git a/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md b/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dacaa5e --- /dev/null +++ b/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +##### TechCrunch: [Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History](http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/21/mozilla-will-soon-launch-sponsored-suggested-tiles-based-on-your-browsing-history/) + +When creating a new tab and clicking a tile, here is what is reported for the behind-the-scene scope: + + 09:36:36 xhr https://tiles.services.mozilla.com/v2/links/click + 09:36:34 xhr https://tiles.services.mozilla.com/v2/links/view + +So here is a dynamic filtering rule to foil this new Firefox data-mining behavior: + + behind-the-scene tiles.services.mozilla.com * block + +If you would rather not use dynamic filtering, the following custom static filter will also work: + + ||tiles.services.mozilla.com^$domain=behind-the-scene