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Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Outcome: almost everyone here on Mastodon uses an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adblockplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockplus</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Do I have followers that do not use an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a>? If so, how do you survive on the current internet and why not use an adblocker?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adblockplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockplus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a></p>
heise online<p>heise+ | Youtube ohne Werbung: Wie Sie Videos ohne Unterbrechung schauen</p><p>Wer Youtube ohne Werbung sehen möchte, muss ein Premium-Abo kaufen. Wir stellen Alternativen vor, die nichts kosten.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Youtube-ohne-Werbung-Wie-Sie-Videos-ohne-Unterbrechung-schauen-10458956.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/ratgeber/Youtube-ohne</span><span class="invisible">-Werbung-Wie-Sie-Videos-ohne-Unterbrechung-schauen-10458956.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Werbebranche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbebranche</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
ThePfromtheO<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@omgubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>omgubuntu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@johnskk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johnskk</span></a></span> <br>Even easier! I use <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VivaldiBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VivaldiBrowser</span></a>'s <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a>, and I don't even see the popup :)</p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.es/@choam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>choam</span></a></span> if privacy is your concern then you should use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brave" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>brave</span></a></span>. It still supports <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManifestV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManifestV2</span></a>, but also comes with a built-in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a>, and third party cookie blocking. Furthermore it still supports <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoNotTrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotTrack</span></a> which Firefox is phasing out, so technically it's *more* private, and also MUCH faster!</p>
DaveKaz<p>I fully understand I have an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a> on and no I will not consider turning it off unless you remove all tracking from your ads and sites. Oh yeah make the ads unobtrusive. I would be willing for a reasonable pay per article system with no ads.</p>
surfingreg<p>Yeah, actually I'm not using an "ad blocker". I'm denying life-invading trackers (like facebook, etc) that give billionaires unnecessary data about my life that's only going to be hacked or sold off anyway. F off <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a></p>
Linux Magazine<p>ICYMI: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@BruceByfield" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BruceByfield</span></a></span> examines uBlock Origin, a browser extension for online privacy and security<br><a href="https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/An-Essential-Extension-for-Any-User?utm_source=mlm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linux-magazine.com/Online/Feat</span><span class="invisible">ures/An-Essential-Extension-for-Any-User?utm_source=mlm</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBO</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/extension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extension</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a></p>
ThePfromtheO<p>"<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> is the problem. Not too little, but too much. Where there's <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a>, there's a natural <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> desire to make more <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a>. Ever since <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> 1.0 in 2004, Firefox has never had to compete. It's been attached like a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mosquito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mosquito</span></a> to an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/artery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artery</span></a> to the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cash</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/firehose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firehose</span></a>. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TheRegister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRegister</span></a> noted it in 2007, and it made more the next year. We were dubious when Firefox turned <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/five" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>five</span></a>."<br>"And as for that <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> — remember back in 2018? That's when <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> dropped "Don't be evil" as its <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/motto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motto</span></a>."<br>"<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a>'s <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> is <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/directionless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>directionless</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/flailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flailing</span></a> because it's never had to do, or be, anything else. It's never needed to know how to make a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>, because it never had to make a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>. It's no wonder it has no real <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/direction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>direction</span></a> or <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vision</span></a> or clue: it never needed them. It's role-playing being a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a>."<br>"Like we said, don't <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blame</span></a> the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a>. You're still <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/better" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>better</span></a> off with Firefox or a fork such as <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a>. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> even <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/snoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snoops</span></a> on you when in <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/incognito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incognito</span></a> mode, and as we <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/warned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warned</span></a> you, Google removed the APIs <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/extensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extensions</span></a> used. You still get better <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> in <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a></p>
ThePfromtheO<p>"<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> has missed so many boats that it's not even funny to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/catalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catalog</span></a> them, but sadly, I must."<br>"Most of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> runs on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a>, as it has for 20-plus years. You might think Mozilla would, say, buy and integrate an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a>. Acquiring <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> has been a thing for a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/decade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decade</span></a>. Other <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> integrate ad-blocking, and you don't even need something controversial like <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a> – for instance, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VivaldiBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VivaldiBrowser</span></a> has offered it for years. Many of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/team" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>team</span></a> behind <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> previously made <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a>, and it <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocked</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> too. (Soon afterwards, the company sold it to a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> group.)<br>But no. Instead, Mozilla goes and buys an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> firm and then removes its promise not to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sell</span></a> your <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>. Once again, it's as if the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> were actively trying to work out the worst direction to turn."<br>"The <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> trend is a cult now for many.<br>Whither Mozilla? Oh, it built a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> into its docs <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> in 2023, then promptly had to turn it off again. Its <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/chief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chief</span></a> product <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/officer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officer</span></a> was quite gung-ho about AI in early 2024. He left the company soon afterwards.</p><p>In 2024, Mozilla made more layoffs and announced it would invest in open source <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>. This year, Mozilla finally integrated a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/vertical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vertical</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tab</span></a> bar into <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and, you guessed it, built an AI <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> into it. You can, at least, turn it off."</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a></p>
fihu<p>Ich guck nicht viel <a href="https://norden.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> am Rechner, aber habe - dank eines Videoplugins, das "auch" Werbung blockiert - in den letzten paar Tagen die Youtube-<a href="https://norden.social/tags/Adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblocker</span></a>-Eskalation erlebt:</p><p>1. (Letzte Woche noch) Video lädt deutlich länger (weil Adblocker entdeckt wurde), aber ohne Hinweis.<br>2. (Letzten Freitag) Video bekommt ein Pop-Up, dass das Abspielen wegen des Adblockers verzögert wurde.<br>3. (Gerade eben) Info-Pop-Up: "Wegen des Adblockers wird die Videowiedergabe nach 3 Videos für Sie abgestellt."</p>
Sven Kloppenburg<p>I sometimes wondered why I see ads that my <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a> 1Blocker should have blocked. </p><p>Turns out the 1Blocker app needs to at least run in the background to update it‘s filters. So, for <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> and <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/ipad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ipad</span></a> I created <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/shortcutapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortcutapp</span></a> automations to start 1Blocker once a week so that it has a chance to update the filter lists.</p>
rijo<p>Chrome extension transforms colorful ads into grayscale reducing distraction <a href="https://ppc.land/chrome-extension-transforms-colorful-ads-into-grayscale-reducing-distraction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/chrome-extension-tran</span><span class="invisible">sforms-colorful-ads-into-grayscale-reducing-distraction/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/ChromeExtension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChromeExtension</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/UserExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserExperience</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Focus</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> are full of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8J4icxoF0M" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">questionable financial advice</a> by preying on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinancialIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialIlliterates</span></a> that are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HornyForMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HornyForMoney</span></a>. </p><ul><li>Bonus points for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoAvcKGNwU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">grifting</a> with some <a href="https://www.kinderschutzkongress.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">alt-right exteme disinfo shitshow</a> with a <em>certified <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">conspiracy theorist</a></em> as listed speaker.</li></ul><p>Seriously, with all those <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agfiFKxreUw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"Matrix" refernces</em></a> I wished the Wachowski Sisters or Village Roadshow Pictures or WB were to sue grifters like that.</p><ul><li>No wounder all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Normies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normies</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55t6eryY3g" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">get <em>radicalized</em></a> when they get bombarded with such bs!</li></ul><p>Again: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a> are not just a necessity against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malvertising</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> but an act of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCare</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MutualDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualDefense</span></a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> campaigns incl. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatespeech</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConspiracyTheorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheorists</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConspiracyTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheory</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GunnarKessler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunnarKessler</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DavidIcke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidIcke</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Reactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reactionary</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinfo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinanceBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinanceBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinanceBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinanceBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grifter</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grifters</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAfD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ScamAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScamAlert</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OSINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSINT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YouTubeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTubeAds</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>Engineer creates ad block for the real world…</p><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/engineer-creates-ad-block-for-the-real-world-with-augmented-reality-glasses-no-more-products-or-branding-in-your-everyday-life" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/maker-stem/en</span><span class="invisible">gineer-creates-ad-block-for-the-real-world-with-augmented-reality-glasses-no-more-products-or-branding-in-your-everyday-life</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/advertisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertisement</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/AR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AR</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/AugmentedReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AugmentedReality</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
CryptGoat<p>Ja, der Grund ist, dass ein Konzern mit einen Zig-Milliarden-Gewinn seinen Hals nicht voll genug bekommt.</p><p>Als ob diese hyperbeschissenen KI-Audiotracks nicht nervig genug seien. 🙄 </p><p>Steckt den guten Creators das Geld möglichst direkt zu, damit die sich schneller von YouTube lösen können.</p><p>Go <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/FreeTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTube</span></a>, <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/ytdlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ytdlp</span></a>, <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/NewPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPipe</span></a>, <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/LibreTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreTube</span></a> und vor allem <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/219850/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/219850/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> World’s first AR ad blocker deletes real-life branding and logos <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AdBlocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocker</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ARGlasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARGlasses</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AugmentedReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AugmentedReality</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GoogleGemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleGemini</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RealWorldAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealWorldAds</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SnapSpectacles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SnapSpectacles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpatialComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpatialComputing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VirtualReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualReality</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VR</span></a></p>
Tarnkappe.info<p>📬 YouTube ohne Werbung: Die besten Apps &amp; Tools 2025<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Hintergrundberichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hintergrundberichte</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Greentuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greentuber</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Pipepipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pipepipe</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ReVanced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReVanced</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Werbeblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbeblocker</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/YoutubeWerbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoutubeWerbung</span></a> <a href="https://sc.tarnkappe.info/ed3949" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sc.tarnkappe.info/ed3949</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ᏕᎯᏕᏣᎻᎯ :antifa:<p>echt guter Podcast zum Thema <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/LocalMess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalMess</span></a> von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heisec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heisec</span></a></span> , wie <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> und Yandex mit ihren Apps als Schadsoftware agiert haben.</p><p>Die Apps <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Yandex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yandex</span></a> haben Schutzmaßnahmen des Betriebssystems umgangen, also von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>. So konnten alle Aktivitäten im Browser getrackt werden, solange das passende Trackingscript auf der Website ausgespielt wird.</p><p>Apps deaktivieren / Werbeblocker installieren.</p><p><a href="https://passwort.podigee.io/34-lokale-sauereien-von-meta-und-yandex" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">passwort.podigee.io/34-lokale-</span><span class="invisible">sauereien-von-meta-und-yandex</span></a></p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/datensicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datensicherheit</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/adblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblock</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a></p>
heise online English<p>YouTube is apparently stepping up the fight against ad blockers</p><p>Complaints from users with ad blockers about YouTube warning messages are increasing. Even previously functioning ad blockers are probably recognized by YouTube</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/en/news/YouTube-is-apparently-stepping-up-the-fight-against-ad-blockers-10439498.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/en/news/YouTube-is-ap</span><span class="invisible">parently-stepping-up-the-fight-against-ad-blockers-10439498.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblocker</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Werbebranche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbebranche</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>