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uBlock Origin 1.41

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Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by favourable »

mikece wrote: post #2

This is always the first addon/extension I add to a browse; installing uBlock is like "sudo apt update && sudo apt update -y" on a freshly installed system -- you're asking for trouble if you don't secure things as soon as possible.

Indeed. I'm no stranger to creating new browser profiles for different things, and the first thing I do when setting up a new profile (in Firefox) is to install uBo. I have it turned off in one profile for sites that break when using it. For some reason, some e-commerce stores don't work with it, because of KYC BS and having them flagging you as suspicious because you're using an AD-blocker. That I can tolerate though (it's finance right?). But for the bulk of my browsing, uBo is essential.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by imglorp »

geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

Pihole? I think they share some block lists.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by nix0n »

geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

If you have Android, the easiest way to run uBlock Origin is to install it for mobile Firefox.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by favourable »

geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

Have you considered pi-hole[0], NextDNS[1], or AdGuard[2]?

[0] https://pi-hole.net/

[1] https://nextdns.io/

[2] https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by freedrock87 »

imglorp wrote: post #12
geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

Pihole? I think they share some block lists.

Only does DNS blocking

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by geoffeg »

favourable wrote: post #14
geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

Have you considered pi-hole[0], NextDNS[1], or AdGuard[2]? [0] https://pi-hole.net/ [1] https://nextdns.io/ [2] https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html

I have pi-hole, and while DNS filtering does eliminate a majority of annoyances on the web, there's still a large amount that I need uBlock for.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by LinuxBender »

geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

Yes and no. One could create a Squid SSL-Bump (MITM) proxy and create ACL's that operate closely to uBlock. There won't be full parity between the two so uBlock would still provide some benefit to the client. The method of using Squid as a MITM proxy method assumes one can install and trust a server public key into the clients. Squid will limit what HTTP protocols one could use. e.g. h2, alpn won't be supported. If one does not mind those limitations and having to maintain a small list of sites to bypass MITM due to public key pinning then Squid can have rules for anything the client or server can see. Domains, URL's, Content-Type, Size, Methods, Ports, you name it. One could save some bandwidth on static content as an additional benefit.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by vdfs »

geoffeg wrote: post #16
favourable wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered pi-hole[0], NextDNS[1], or AdGuard[2]? [0] https://pi-hole.net/ [1] https://nextdns.io/ [2] https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html

I have pi-hole, and while DNS filtering does eliminate a majority of annoyances on the web, there's still a large amount that I need uBlock for.

DNS filtering is the only option outside the browser because of SSL

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by vanilla_nut »

nix0n wrote: post #13
geoffeg wrote: post #9

Does anyone know of a way to run uBlock Origin as an HTTP(s) proxy? I'd really like to be able to provide uBlock Origin style functionality to mobile and other browsers on my network that can't easily run uBlock. Historically privoxy could do some of what uBlock does, but development on privoxy seems to have declined...

If you have Android, the easiest way to run uBlock Origin is to install it for mobile Firefox.

Precisely. On iOS, I've recently been enjoying Hyperweb, which you can add some of uBlock Origin's blocklists to. My experience so far has been great, though I'm aware that their blocking is probably based on Safari's neutered "content blocker" API so it isn't quite as fast or efficient.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.41

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Post by computronus »

haunter wrote: post #10

uBlock Origin + ungoogled-chromium [1] is what I use daily. And I don't how to appreciate people who are working on these projects 1, https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

From https://ublockorigin.com/ itself: "The uBlock Origin project still specifically refuses donations at this time, and instead advises all of its clients, users and supporters to donate to block list maintainers."

As an example, I donate to https://patreon.com/blocklist . Amazingly, right now, there are only 43 patrons.

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