▲ 34 ▼ Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out (www.404media.co) submitted 6 months ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments Comments
[+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 months ago (4 children) uBlock won't block them globally by default, no. Instead, I block all the scripts on Google sites globally, then unblock needed scripts on the specific domains I need to use. Which at the moment, isn't any of them, since when I use YouTube I use a custom client like Freetube through a VPN or Invideous. What this accomplishes is that my browser isn't currently allowed to contact domains owned by Google for anything, and no scripts hosted by them are allowed to run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Switch ublock to advanced mode and you can block third party stuff by default. Many websites will break but you can whitelist stuff easily permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 6 months ago I have it in advanced mode. Most of the privacy tracking stuff is blocked by the filter lists I have, so I don't block third party by default. The big offenders aren't blocked because most people still use them. I do not. permalink fedilink source parent [+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 months ago check out a YT tutorial on how to use uBlock advanced mode. it's very simple, once you have it explained to you. if you want additional filter lists beyond the basic ones uBlock ships with, here's a list of ones you can mix and match depending on your needs: https://github.com/yokoffing/filterlists and if you do a lot of gaming, chances are you've looked up stuff on a wiki. and chances are, that wiki is hosted on fandom. here's a filter list to make that usable: https://github.com/squabbled/FandomFixed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 months ago (4 children) uBlock won't block them globally by default, no. Instead, I block all the scripts on Google sites globally, then unblock needed scripts on the specific domains I need to use. Which at the moment, isn't any of them, since when I use YouTube I use a custom client like Freetube through a VPN or Invideous. What this accomplishes is that my browser isn't currently allowed to contact domains owned by Google for anything, and no scripts hosted by them are allowed to run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Switch ublock to advanced mode and you can block third party stuff by default. Many websites will break but you can whitelist stuff easily permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 6 months ago I have it in advanced mode. Most of the privacy tracking stuff is blocked by the filter lists I have, so I don't block third party by default. The big offenders aren't blocked because most people still use them. I do not. permalink fedilink source parent [+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 months ago check out a YT tutorial on how to use uBlock advanced mode. it's very simple, once you have it explained to you. if you want additional filter lists beyond the basic ones uBlock ships with, here's a list of ones you can mix and match depending on your needs: https://github.com/yokoffing/filterlists and if you do a lot of gaming, chances are you've looked up stuff on a wiki. and chances are, that wiki is hosted on fandom. here's a filter list to make that usable: https://github.com/squabbled/FandomFixed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Switch ublock to advanced mode and you can block third party stuff by default. Many websites will break but you can whitelist stuff easily permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 6 months ago I have it in advanced mode. Most of the privacy tracking stuff is blocked by the filter lists I have, so I don't block third party by default. The big offenders aren't blocked because most people still use them. I do not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 6 months ago I have it in advanced mode. Most of the privacy tracking stuff is blocked by the filter lists I have, so I don't block third party by default. The big offenders aren't blocked because most people still use them. I do not. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 months ago check out a YT tutorial on how to use uBlock advanced mode. it's very simple, once you have it explained to you. if you want additional filter lists beyond the basic ones uBlock ships with, here's a list of ones you can mix and match depending on your needs: https://github.com/yokoffing/filterlists and if you do a lot of gaming, chances are you've looked up stuff on a wiki. and chances are, that wiki is hosted on fandom. here's a filter list to make that usable: https://github.com/squabbled/FandomFixed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 months ago check out a YT tutorial on how to use uBlock advanced mode. it's very simple, once you have it explained to you. if you want additional filter lists beyond the basic ones uBlock ships with, here's a list of ones you can mix and match depending on your needs: https://github.com/yokoffing/filterlists and if you do a lot of gaming, chances are you've looked up stuff on a wiki. and chances are, that wiki is hosted on fandom. here's a filter list to make that usable: https://github.com/squabbled/FandomFixed permalink fedilink source parent