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Jorge Sanz<p>GitHub - yourduskquibbles/webannoyances: Fix and remove annoying web elements such as sticky headers, floating boxes, floating videos, dickbars, social share bars and other distracting elements.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/yourduskquibbles/we</span><span class="invisible">bannoyances</span></a></p><p>This is an interesting URL list for <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ublockorigin</span></a> to improve your browsing experience</p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> The first thing was brought to my attention by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@markwyner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>markwyner</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@markwyner@mas.to/114941092627015318" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@markwyner@mas</span><span class="invisible">.to/114941092627015318</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</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/thanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thanks</span></a></p>
C++ Wage Slave<p>As always, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@InfobloxThreatIntel/114930229670245228" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@InfobloxThre</span><span class="invisible">atIntel/114930229670245228</span></a></p><p>If you're still using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoogleChrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleChrome</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftEdge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftEdge</span></a> then switch to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and install the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> extension. It works on desktop and on Android. That alone will give you a safer, more enjoyable browsing experience.</p>
Paolo Amoroso<p>This post explains why and how Kaushik Gopal uses Firefox and provides some handy tips.</p><p>He recommends enabling the AdGuard filters in the uBlock Origin settings but the extension flags all of them as out of date. Any issues with these filters?</p><p>Update: I need to refresh and apply the filter list. Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@laurentb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>laurentb</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://kau.sh/blog/how-to-firefox" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kau.sh/blog/how-to-firefox</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a></p>
Ange des ténèbres 🐈<p>Pour l'instant, je ne vois pas trop les effets sur mon PC perso sous <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> avec <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Freetube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freetube</span></a> ou <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ublockorigin</span></a>. Par contre, sur le PC de boulot sous <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> avec <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ublockorigin</span></a>, j'ai très souvent des soucis de chargement de vidéo.</p><p>La guerre contre les <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a>, ça rapporte : les revenus publicitaires de <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> explosent</p><p><a href="https://www.clubic.com/actualite-573864-la-guerre-contre-les-adblockers-ca-rapporte-les-revenus-publicitaires-de-youtube-explosent.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">clubic.com/actualite-573864-la</span><span class="invisible">-guerre-contre-les-adblockers-ca-rapporte-les-revenus-publicitaires-de-youtube-explosent.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Pippa<p>What plugins to people recommend for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> nowadays? I currently use <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/1Password" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1Password</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PrivacyBadger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyBadger</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ConsentOMatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsentOMatic</span></a>, and I delete all cookies at the end of every session, with a very small number of exceptions for sites it's really inconvenient not to stay logged in to.</p>
Marcos Dione<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gedankenstuecke</span></a></span> "you guys are getting ads?" <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> :-P</p>
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>For the people who answered, what are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> ?</p><p>An adbloker blocks you from seeing ads on a webpage, or on youtube or whereever. You just don't see them, so highly recommended. </p><p>I use this one: <a href="https://ublockorigin.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ublockorigin.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBlockOrigin</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>
Doug Webb<p>EDIT: my uBlock Origin was way outdated, updating fixed it, thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@heldenstad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heldenstad</span></a></span> (have now set add-ons to auto-update too)</p><p>---</p><p>Just in the last couple of days, I've noticed <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ublockorigin</span></a> has become very aggressive, making even the rendering of Wikipedia pages horrible.</p><p>Anyone else get this? I imagine it has something to do with one of the blocklists, but don't know how to figure out which without switching each on off :/</p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> is forever disabled in <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a>. Why it happened and what to use instead</p><p><a href="https://adguard.com/en/blog/ublock-origin-disabled-chrome.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adguard.com/en/blog/ublock-ori</span><span class="invisible">gin-disabled-chrome.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ManifestV3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManifestV3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ManifestV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManifestV2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/UBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/guide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guide</span></a></p>
Marcos Dione<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://graphics.social/@metin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>metin</span></a></span> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> e basta :)</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@PabloMartini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PabloMartini</span></a></span> That's why one needs to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UblockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UblockOrigin</span></a> and espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NoScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoScript</span></a> to block <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>'s Servers &amp; Services!</p><ul><li>Same goes for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAbook</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> and others...</li></ul>
ax6761<p>... on the same line, <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> filter for piddly list of "Lists" ...</p><p>! List toggle button.<br>freeradical.zone## div &gt; div.navigation-panel__list-panel__header button.icon-button[aria-label="Expand list menu"]<br>!<br>! List list.<br>freeradical.zone## div &gt; div[aria-labelledby=":r0:-title"]</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> v4.4.1 <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodonUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonUX</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodonUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonUI</span></a></p>
ax6761<p>... <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> filter to remove "Trending" item from the column ...</p><p>! <a href="https://freeradical.zone" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freeradical.zone</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - Hide "Trending" link.<br>freeradical.zone#<a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a</span></a>.column-link--transparent.column-link:nth-of-type(3)</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> v4.4.1 <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodonUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonUX</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodonUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonUI</span></a></p>
ax6761<p>... <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> filters to remove piddly tag list ...</p><p>! Remove piddly list of tags being followed.<br>!<br>! List toggle button.<br>freeradical.zone## div &gt; div.navigation-panel__list-panel__header button.icon-button[aria-label="Expand followed hashtags menu"]<br>!<br>! The list.<br>freeradical.zone## div &gt; div[aria-labelledby*=":r1:-title"]</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> v4.4.1 <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodonUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonUI</span></a></p>
ax6761<p>... "# Followed hashtags" list, in the 3rd right side column, is useless to me as it shows only 3 tags (instead of making the tag list occupy the whole vertical column &amp; making it scrollable).</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> "element picker" picks up the rather generic class and picks the title &amp; the list of tags separately; either they are actually separate, or am incapable of precise enough mouse movement. Ah ":r1:"!</p><p>Need to bust out "Web Developer Tools" to be more specific ...</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> v4.4.1 <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/mastodonUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonUX</span></a></p>
Tino Eberl<p>Soderle, es ist so weit.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> hat <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> endgültig gekillt.</p><p>Abgesehen davon, dass dieses Vorgehen den Browser bei mir ebenfalls killt, was ist jetzt die bevorzugte Lösung?</p><p>Außer FireFuchs noch ein anderer Browser?</p><p>Oder diesen DNS-Blocker auf <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Raspberry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Raspberry</span></a>? Wie hieß der nochmal?</p><p>(edit) Ergänzung: <br>Ich habe Vivaldi und Brave getestet. Die basieren auf Firefox und blocken die Werbung weg. Aber was, wenn FF die Blocker nicht mehr unterstützen würde?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Werbeblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbeblocker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spamblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spamblocker</span></a></p>
C++ Wage Slave<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@ginger_tosser" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ginger_tosser</span></a></span></p><p>For the Web, I can warmly recommend the combination of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a>. It's so good that, on occasions when my PiHole has gone down, I've not even noticed.</p><p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firef</span><span class="invisible">ox/addon/ublock-origin/</span></a></p><p>That won't stop tracking and advertising outside the Web browser — <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PiHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PiHole</span></a> is still the right solution there.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@woe2you" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>woe2you</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheBreadmonkey</span></a></span></p>
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