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9to5 Google: YouTube just started a new round of ad blocker bans, and people keep complaining about it. “For a while, many have been using various loopholes to continue to block ads on YouTube. Over the past 24 hours, YouTube appears to have strengthened its protection against this means of access, with viewers now seeing ‘Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube’ and ‘Ad blockers violate […]
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https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/ This is a #privacy nightmare that's turned into a total disaster. If this were my #government doing this I'd seek to give as little information to all companies as possible Avoid all social media, and if you don't use only #anonymous accounts with a #proxy. Use #adblockers on every device. Network wide ad blocking would be ideal. Ditch #Apple and #Google products and install #Grapheneos and avoid connecting to cell towers and use only wifi. Proxy all data connections. 1/2
The Intercept · U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data
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#Adblockers are necessary for #Accessibility and #ITsec in the age of #malvertising aka. #malware being #advertised openly as wannabe-legitimate software!
I find it mildly interesting and somewhat telling that since I've been surfing the #web with a #VPN and #adblockers, how many websites track the hell out of you or just flat out block you.
It's most.
#HoyAprendí que cuando llútú te exige desbloquear los anuncios porque “está prohibido usar #AdBlockers” puedes usar la herramienta #HideDistractingItems de Safari para “desaparecer” este candado en forma de #PopUp y seguir viendo videos sin anuncios.
#Google is trying to kill #adblockers that actually work. https://www.neowin.net/guides/google-turned-off-ublock-in-chrome-but-you-can-still-enable-it-here-is-how/
So use https://librewolf.net/ on a desktop,
And use https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ on Android.
NeowinGoogle turned off uBlock in Chrome, but you can still enable it, here is howGoogle recently disabled uBlock Origin and other MV2-based extensions in Chrome, but a simple trick lets you enable them again.
#YouTube cracks down (again) on #adblockers, frustrating users
https://www.techspot.com/news/107221-youtube-anti-ad-blocker-measures-causing-problems-browsers.html
Headline: #Google not letting #YouTube videos play with Opera, Firefox #adblockers. Chrome is slow.
#Googles Finally Banning #Adblockers...What Can We Do?... by Basic Dev #yt
Just use another #browser. I know the majority of browsers are based on #Chrome, etc. Still, there are other options: #LibreWolf, #Mullvad Browser, #Tor Browser, #Ungoogled Chromium, and the likes… 
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@cd0 Wow. What a horrible approach of #Digikey. If I have a #proxy, does that solve the problem ? Can I then leave all their tracker crap on and not care less? Or do I need a "quarantined" web session that I then toast? Or use #tails ? Or have I not understood? Why is this so hard? It is like when u go to a shop for cheese they say "No cheese unless you tell me the contents of your fridge and pantry". #adblockers #trackers
Mozilla's blog discusses the transition to Manifest V3 for Firefox ad blockers. This change impacts how extensions function, aiming to enhance performance and security. Users may notice differences in ad-blocking capabilities and overall browser experience. The update is part of ongoing efforts to improve web standards and user privacy. #Firefox #ManifestV3 #AdBlockers #WebPrivacy
#Firefox will continue to support #adblockers in move to be better than #Chrome.
Finally some good news coming out of Mozilla. :)
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-manifest-v3-adblockers/
blog.mozilla.orgMozilla’s approach to Manifest V3: What’s different and why it matters for extension users | The Mozilla BlogExtensions are like apps for your browser, letting you customize and enhance your online experience. Nearly half of all Firefox users have installed at lea
Chrome is enforcing new rules under its Manifest V3 policy, which limits what extensions can do, especially privacy-focused ones. Google claims this is for security, but critics argue it weakens privacy tools like ad blockers and anti-tracking extensions.
Solution?
Try Firefox or Brave (better privacy support).
Use Chrome's built-in settings (but they’re limited).
Look for updated extensions that comply with Chrome’s new rules.
@codeofamor @gyptazy yeah, I don't get how "#TechIlliterate" #Normies can even use the #Web without #AdBlockers and stuff...
- Shit's today so bad, it makes #Zango infestations 20 years ago look harmless by comparison...
I guess I left that plane of existance long ago...
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Issues aside it's now 15 years since I started using #Tor / @torproject@mastodon.social & @guardianproject@librem.one / #Orbot on #Android full-time.
- Not just for #privacy, but because it acts as a #PerformanceProxy on #throttled #German mobile networks!
Because in #EDGEland they yeet users to 64kBit/s if not even lower to 16kBit/s past paid bandwith and instead of properly renegotiating the bandwith, they trottle connections by reducing the packet rate / dropping packets, making it as #laggy as a #GSO-based #SATCOM connection!
- On top of that, almost all #MNO|s & #MVNO|s illegally use RFC1918 Address space, *espechally ```10.0.0.0/8``` for #CGNAT, thus bricking #VPN|s and sadly @BNetzA@social.bund.de doesn't really give a damn!
Petition to the UK parliament to ban #FossilFuel advertising and sponsorship
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700024
Petitions - UK Government and ParliamentPetition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorshipAdvertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced and has arguably worked. I believe continued fossil fuel usage will kill more people than smoking.
Latest article is LIVE! | YouTube vs. AdBlock: The Battle Over Online Ads | https://vetgaming.medium.com/youtube-vs-adblock-the-battle-over-online-ads-e3f2071eb3cc | #YouTube #news #Adblockers
YouTube has now started blocking my uBlock Origin.
Although I would prefer to have no ads at all, I suppose I could just about live with one before the actual video begins.
Having advertisements interrupt the video, on the other hand, really upsets me.
I'm hoping uBlock Origin can be updated with countermeasures.
Not only is #Youtube whining about #adblockers again - switching the blocker off (in order to switch it on again & see if it clears the whining; I'm not bending over) breaks the site entirely & NOTHING loads... WTF, you goddamn idiots 