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English Wikipedia bans archive.today (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 days ago

UBlock helps to stop that script.

Would that be by default, or do I need to enable something specific

[-] kip@piefed.zip 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

from the blog in question

On January 21, commit ^bbf70ec (warning: very large) added gyrovague.com to dns-blocklists, used by ad blocking services like uBlock Origin. This is actually beneficial, since if you have an ad blocker installed, the DDOS script’s network requests are now blocked. (It does not stop users from browsing to my blog directly.)

- https://gyrovague.com/2026/02/01/archive-today-is-directing-a-ddos-attack-against-my-blog/

can't find anything from a quick look that confirms this list is used by default in ubo

[-] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't see that particular list, but the same filter is present in EasyPrivacy from EasyList, which is enabled in uBO by default.

[-] kip@piefed.zip 6 points 2 days ago

nice one, cheers. it's there in line 16607 in EasyPrivacy, same guy runs btdig dot com?

||gyrovague.com^$domain=archive.fo|archive.is|archive.li|archive.md|archive.ph|archive.today|archive.vn|btdig.com
[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I've read that somewhere else too, could be

[-] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

It's by default easylist-privacy list is default

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

from what I heard, the default one is enough. Although I haven't checked it

[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I don't know more than what the wiki article linked to. It says UBlock blocks it. It doesn't say any more than that.

this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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