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The problem with things like this is it's hard to disable on a case-by-case basis. I enabled something similar in a VPN and found that certain redirecting tracking links from emails were blocked. Ok great, they don't know that I clicked on the link, but also I don't know what the link led to, since it was blocked , and it was something I actually wanted to go to.
The problem with things like this is it's hard to disable on a case-by-case basis. I enabled something similar in a VPN and found that certain redirecting tracking links from emails were blocked. Ok great, they don't know that I clicked on the link, but also I don't know what the link led to, since it was blocked , and it was something I actually wanted to go to.
Which is why uBlock and/or uMatrix is the more usable option.
What would be the pro's and con's of using this vs. uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, assuming somebody like me browsing on the desktop with Firefox?
It can filter out DNS requests in the whole network for ads/tracker domains if used as the DNS resolver on your network, which would also include other devices (e.g. phones). Most smartphone apps perform a lot of tracker requests, which makes this approach very effective IMHO. What the network approach doesn't help with is when the ads are served from the same domain as the content. An extension like uBlock Origin so…
Basically everything except computers. Smart TVs are another one.
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Please don't get hung up on terminology - for the sake of conversation assume the name for the way the black box app gets information from the outside world is termed a "socket". It's a name, it doesn't really matter. What matters is you are taking information from the outside and giving it to the black box. So say you give the black box in your sandbox a socket (from the above definition). Say it is a news app. This…
Ah, I misunderstood your mention of black boxes. This is not for black boxes. It only makes sense for open source. I agree it wont work for a black box that you cant audit. If the browser is side-channeling by asking for scheme://some.thing/enc_data_sent_here -> enc_data_recieved when the middleware hands the GET back, then atleast the user can decide if they want to honor that GET request and figure out why the brow…
> This page will only work with JavaScript enabled
Really!? Why the hell would you link to that?
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Ah, I misunderstood your mention of black boxes. This is not for black boxes. It only makes sense for open source. I agree it wont work for a black box that you cant audit. If the browser is side-channeling by asking for scheme://some.thing/enc_data_sent_here -> enc_data_recieved when the middleware hands the GET back, then atleast the user can decide if they want to honor that GET request and figure out why the brow…
> https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&query=jakeogh%20%22dis... > This page will only work with JavaScript enabled Really!? Why the hell would you link to that?
General policies * Should not break useful websites or apps * Blocks tracking servers * Blocks advertising servers * Blocks analytics servers * Blocks fake websites * Blocks malware servers * Blocks webminers A. "useful websites or apps" B. "tracking servers" "advertising servers" "analytics servers" "fake websites" "malware servers" "webminers" If B is larger than A, then a whitelist for A is easier to maintain than…
General policies * Should not break useful websites or apps * Blocks tracking servers * Blocks advertising servers * Blocks analytics servers * Blocks fake websites * Blocks malware servers * Blocks webminers A. "useful websites or apps" B. "tracking servers" "advertising servers" "analytics servers" "fake websites" "malware servers" "webminers" If B is larger than A, then a whitelist for A is easier to maintain than…
Still, the stuff listed B is not generally a problem with applications other than the web browser. If I use email, NNTP, curl, ifMUD, etc, then it isn't going to access servers that I do not specify with each request. Such software is simpler than the web browser; the web browser is a mess.
s/web/graphical &/