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Because Google is implementing changes to disable adblockers in the browser.
Are people that much in love with Chrome?
Use Brave, they have stated adblocking will continue to work.
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Re: System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
#82I'm comfortable with a DNS based blocker (pi-hole) and it seems to work quite well. Bonus: It works across all devices on the network, rather than installing something onto the OS.
+1 using AdGuard on Home Assistant Raspberry Pi
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No, because Google and Mozilla pay loads of people to write and review the code that goes into their browsers and ensure it’s not malicious.
Google pays loads of people to conceive and write code that is malicious to endusers e.g. those not paying it for eyeballs.
Is Google going to hack your bank account?
Re: System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
#84lofl. no. like… did they try any 2nd order thinking here?
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#85How many apps do use certificate pinning and so will be broken as a result of this app's MITM?
Afaik most desktop applications don't do certificate pinning.
Mobile apps definitely do.
Except things like browsers (e.g. Firefox, Chrome) or python that ship their own root CA trust store.
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Google pays loads of people to conceive and write code that is malicious to endusers e.g. those not paying it for eyeballs.
Is Google going to hack your bank account?
If we start with the reasonable assumption that "being malicious" !== "hacking a bank account", then the answer to your question does not matter at all.
Re: System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
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AdGuard for Mac is the same offering (not to be confused with AdGuard for Safari, which is a browser extension): https://adguard.com/en/adguard-mac/overview.html There's also Little Snitch Mini: https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch-mini/index.html
This snitch is proprietary crapware. Instead, use OpenSnitch when on Linux and LuLu Firewall when on Mac.
It's proprietary but quality software. LuLu is cool but doesn't offer the same functionality.
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This would be a reasonable argument if there weren't many alternative ad blocking methods that don't require MITMing your TLS traffic.
It's in no way worse than running a single browser extension with overly broad privileges. If this method of adblocking gains more traction (quite possible, as Google keeps moving to damage in-browser ad blockers), I expect the implementation to receive a lot more scrutiny. I think we have to face the reality that web browsers might no longer be considered "user" agents.
>I think we have to face the reality that web browsers might no longer be considered "user" agents.
Well obviously, if you keep insisting on using a browser made by Google, an ad company.
Re: System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
#89I'm comfortable with a DNS based blocker (pi-hole) and it seems to work quite well. Bonus: It works across all devices on the network, rather than installing something onto the OS.
I’m using NextDNS for this and it’s great.
Re: System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
#90Is anything similar available? Also open source? Does it really work better than browser add-ons? Would this help minimise browser fingerprinting ?
It's a filtering proxy server. Privoxy is one alternative.