From dfad039833d160cd8c461e10439e064342020a98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tlu1024 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:24:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] `important` option added --- Privacy-stuff.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Privacy-stuff.md b/Privacy-stuff.md index 2cab267..cb9799b 100644 --- a/Privacy-stuff.md +++ b/Privacy-stuff.md @@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ In case you were not aware, using _EasyPrivacy_ doesn't protect completely again If you are using µBlock, it protects you *more* against Google Analytics out of the box -- via _"Peter Lowe's Ad server"_ list. Yet, given that an exception filter may exist somewhere in one of the many lists, I can't guarantee the protection is 100%. +However, in [µBlock 0.5.5.0](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.5.5.0) a new filter option `important` was introduced with the consequence that corresponding exception rules are ignored. Example: + +`||google-analytics.com^$important` + +blocks Google Analytics regardless of existing exception rules. You can restrict this rule to specific domains like + +`||google-analytics.com^$important,domain=example1.com|example2.com` + +or you could _exclude_ specific domains from this rule: + +`||google-analytics.com^$important,domain=~example1.com|~example2.com` + +Thus, this option is much more flexible than the above mentioned `--host-rules` command line switch. + ##### Twitter widget I don't know why this one is not blocked by Fanboy Annoyance, as the list already blocks many other twitter widget-related stuff. So if you use above list, you may want to add the following to your filters: