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Can-you-trust-uBlock-Origin?.md

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ First, uBlock Origin is completely developed in full public view. All the source
Second, uBlock Origin does not have a dedicated server, it can't "phone home" with your browsing data, there is only GitHub, and GitHub is completely unrelated to uBlock Origin.
Third, I have no intent to _ever_ monetize uBlock Origin, it's started as a personal project, and it still is a personal project. So uBlock Origin has absolutely no interest in data mining you.
Third, I have no intent to _ever_ monetize uBlock Origin. It started as a personal project, and it still is a personal project. So uBlock Origin has absolutely no interest in data mining you.
I think it's time I give examples of how requiring _less_ permissions is **not** a sure sign a higher trustworthiness.
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Chrome store: Web Protector - Reliable Phishing Protection (the extension no lon
This extension requires the same permission as uBlock, _minus_ the `privacy` one. Some might be inclined that it can thus be more trusted than uBlock, which requires the `privacy` permission.
However, Web Protector has a home server, and it does "phone home" as opposed to uBlock (which has no home in the first place).
However, Web Protector has a home server, and it does "phone home" as opposed to uBlock (which has no home server in the first place).
For **every** web page you visit, you can see Web Protector sending behind-the-scene network requests to `webovernet.com`:
@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ This is just to demonstrate that the permissions _alone_ do not tell the whole s
- Under which license does the code fall?
- Is there a home server?
- What network requests are made by an extension behind the scene?
- uBlock Origin's logger allows you to see all behind-the-scene network requests, including its own (to GitHub, for updating filter lists).
- uBlock Origin's logger allows you to see all [behind-the-scene network requests](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/Behind-the-scene-network-requests), including its own (mainly to GitHub, for updating filter lists).
- How is an extension monetizing itself?
- Learning about this factor will help you best understand whether the extension's developer's interests are aligned or at odd with yours.