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Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by rasz »

smitop wrote: post #54
rasz wrote: post #51

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delete indexedDB; in userjs is all it takes in Chrome to disable indexedDB permanently

It is still possible for websites to access indexedDB by using Web Workers: new Worker("data:application/javascript,console.log('indexedDB: ', indexedDB)") This works since userscripts only run in top-level websites and frames, but the above code runs JS code in a seperate thread with no attached DOM.

    if ('serviceWorker' in window.navigator) navigator.serviceWorker.register = () => new Promise( function(resolve, reject) {} );
disables webworkers from ever working.

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by cj »

saagarjha wrote: post #99
Bootvis wrote: post #98

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>> It blocks tracking / ads on devices where you can’t edit a hosts list (your phone) > Right, but you can use adblockers on them. The iPhone doesn't support ad blocking.

It very much does.

Elaborate? I'm not aware of a way to block in-app ads, or ads served when using Chrome / Safari / Firefox on iOS without using a DNS based ad blocker.

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by miked85 »

saagarjha wrote: post #99
Bootvis wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> It blocks tracking / ads on devices where you can’t edit a hosts list (your phone) > Right, but you can use adblockers on them. The iPhone doesn't support ad blocking.

It very much does.

Devices such as Amazon Fire, Apple TV, your television, DVR, etc, etc do not support installing ad blockers.

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by saagarjha »

cj wrote: post #102
saagarjha wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It very much does.

Elaborate? I'm not aware of a way to block in-app ads, or ads served when using Chrome / Safari / Firefox on iOS without using a DNS based ad blocker.

You can block ads in Safari or apps using SFSafariViewController by installing a content blocker. You can use a VPN-based blocker to perform DNS blocking on-device.

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by saagarjha »

miked85 wrote: post #103
saagarjha wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It very much does.

Devices such as Amazon Fire, Apple TV, your television, DVR, etc, etc do not support installing ad blockers.

None of those really have a browser on them, though…

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by cj »

mcv wrote: post #97
cj wrote: post #83

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- It blocks tracking / ads on devices where you can’t edit a hosts list (your phone) - It works for your entire network (everyone in your household)

> "It works for your entire network (everyone in your household)" I guess whether this is the killer feature or makes it suck depends on whether you've got a lot of devices and family members in your household that you can now easily protect with a single solution, or you're a single person with a laptop that spends half the time (or more) outside your home. It's fantastic for the first group, useless for the second.

Also, you don't have to choose one or the other.

I use both.

Ad blockers and Pi Hole each have pros/cons, but using them together gives you the best of both worlds (with the only downside being the overhead of running an adblocking extension or overhead of managing/updating a hosts file block list)

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by meerita »

JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #3

I wouldn't mind going back to a JavaScript-less web experience. I know not all tracking is based on JS, but the browser provides so many heuristics this way: screen size, cursor location, installed plugins. Give me reasonably formatted HTML, and something a little bit more powerful than curl.

I've moved my blog long time ago to static pages. I've removed Google Analytics long time ago too. Now I have a slickest web experience and the reports of searchs and server usage is increasing.

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by cj »

saagarjha wrote: post #105
miked85 wrote: post #103

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Devices such as Amazon Fire, Apple TV, your television, DVR, etc, etc do not support installing ad blockers.

None of those really have a browser on them, though…

Half the point of pihole is to block trackers (not just ads).

That means blocking Google Analytics, Crashlytics, and whatever other unnecessary analytics / reporting that apps on Apple TV, your smart TV, etc use.

Re: Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies

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Post by Bootvis »

saagarjha wrote: post #99
Bootvis wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> It blocks tracking / ads on devices where you can’t edit a hosts list (your phone) > Right, but you can use adblockers on them. The iPhone doesn't support ad blocking.

It very much does.

I didn't know this and I now see I can block ads on Safari on iOS which is great.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work for Firefox on iOS.

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