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Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/whos-tracking-you-use-this-new-service-to-find-out/

#ALittleSunshine #BetweenDigital #SecurityTools #uBlockOrigin #WebFraud2.0 #AdBlockPlus #FengwoGroup #RaspberryPi #ZachEdwards #DecryptAds #AlfaBank #BitSight #Infoblox #AdBlock #Pi-hole #opera

Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/whos-tracking-you-use-this-new-service-to-find-out/

#ALittleSunshine #BetweenDigital #SecurityTools #uBlockOrigin #WebFraud2.0 #AdBlockPlus #FengwoGroup #RaspberryPi #ZachEdwards #DecryptAds #AlfaBank #BitSight #Infoblox #AdBlock #Pi-hole #opera

@pluralistic
Im a little surprised to see you recommending #AdblockPlus here. I’ve been avoiding it for years because it has a very questionable reputation in my perception. Don’t they let advertisers pay them to let their ads through? I also seem to remember that they did a kind of hostile takeover of the original plugin.
Since those headlines I’ve been using #uBlockOrigin - happily.

@pluralistic
Im a little surprised to see you recommending #AdblockPlus here. I’ve been avoiding it for years because it has a very questionable reputation in my perception. Don’t they let advertisers pay them to let their ads through? I also seem to remember that they did a kind of hostile takeover of the original plugin.
Since those headlines I’ve been using #uBlockOrigin - happily.

So ist es bei mir wenn ich surfe: "Schalte den #Adblocker aus, damit du die Seite betrachten kannst." Ich: Goodbye. 😂

Bildquelle: #System32Comics

#notracking #unplugbigtech #unplugbigdata #marketing #seo #usertracking #onlinemarketing #bigdata #cookies #nocookies #dsgvo #adblock #ublock #ublockOrigin #origin #peehole #adblockplus #adaway #tracking

So ist es bei mir wenn ich surfe: "Schalte den #Adblocker aus, damit du die Seite betrachten kannst." Ich: Goodbye. 😂

Bildquelle: #System32Comics

#notracking #unplugbigtech #unplugbigdata #marketing #seo #usertracking #onlinemarketing #bigdata #cookies #nocookies #dsgvo #adblock #ublock #ublockOrigin #origin #peehole #adblockplus #adaway #tracking

EasyList is planning to remove a large number of adservers at or around 6 AM European time Monday next week.

There have been concerns raised about if MV3 extensions can handle removing this many filters: https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/319#issuecomment-4094568592

Both AdGuard and uBlock Origin have confirmed this should not be a problem for their extensions, as they bundle the rules with the extension rather than loading them dynamically.
The AdBlock Plus developers have requested EasyList remove the filters in chunks, due to concerns about issues.

#MV3 #AdBlockPlus #uBlockOrigin #AdGuard

EasyList is planning to remove a large number of adservers at or around 6 AM European time Monday next week.

There have been concerns raised about if MV3 extensions can handle removing this many filters: https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/319#issuecomment-4094568592

Both AdGuard and uBlock Origin have confirmed this should not be a problem for their extensions, as they bundle the rules with the extension rather than loading them dynamically.
The AdBlock Plus developers have requested EasyList remove the filters in chunks, due to concerns about issues.

#MV3 #AdBlockPlus #uBlockOrigin #AdGuard

Hey #AdblockPlus, is this an "acceptable", or "nonintrusive" advert?
In an installed PWA app, covering scrolling content.

Hey #AdblockPlus, is this an "acceptable", or "nonintrusive" advert?
In an installed PWA app, covering scrolling content.

@cgudrian

#YouTube #AdblockPlus

Nimm halt einen anderen AdBlock - es sollte genug Auswahl geben.

WTF? #YouTube deaktiviert jetzt eigenmächtig #AdblockPlus?!?

youtube.com wird jetzt automatisch der Allow-List hinzugefügt. Das ist einigermaßen kacke.

WTF? #YouTube deaktiviert jetzt eigenmächtig #AdblockPlus?!?

youtube.com wird jetzt automatisch der Allow-List hinzugefügt. Das ist einigermaßen kacke.

#Cromite bendición 🙏
Ya con esto, no necesitas nada más (quizá el #AdBlockPlus integrado, por eso de los scripts, pero redunda un poco ya que uso #DNSOverTLS privado de bonito.cafe)

Que si #firefox tiene extensiones? Sí, pero sólo pocas para la versión movil

#YaDuermanALaZorra

#Cromite bendición 🙏
Ya con esto, no necesitas nada más (quizá el #AdBlockPlus integrado, por eso de los scripts, pero redunda un poco ya que uso #DNSOverTLS privado de bonito.cafe)

Que si #firefox tiene extensiones? Sí, pero sólo pocas para la versión movil

#YaDuermanALaZorra

有人测试，开了adblockplus Pro还会显示他自己网站的cookie banner吗 :neocat_laugh:

#cookie #adblockplus #adblock

I almost forgot an upcoming anniversary. 20 years ago I wrote this comment complaining about the state of the AdBlock extension: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315754#c12. I’m trying to reconstruct from my emails what happened later (I didn’t archive IRC discussions unfortunately).

While the AdBlock devs claimed that everything was fine, on 2005-11-29 Mozilla was contacting everyone listed as an AdBlock contributor (myself included), trying to find someone who could update it for the Firefox 1.5 release. Mozilla already made the necessary adjustments on addons.mozilla.org but back then update manifests were self-hosted, and somebody had to modify the file on the AdBlock website. The only person with the necessary access was rue, the project maintainer at the time, everybody else could only stand by helplessly.

At some point over the next two weeks I convinced rue to let me improve code quality of AdBlock, with improved maintainability as one of the goals. I’m not sure when I started this work which turned into a complete rewrite (yes, the codebase was that bad) but on 2005-12-16 I was looking for people to help me test it, saying that the extension would be ready by tomorrow. It actually took one day longer, on 2005-12-18 I posted an almost finished version in a Russian-language web developers forum: https://web.archive.org/web/20061011145831/http://xpoint.ru/forums/programming/XUL/thread/34705.xhtml

That’s when rue got cold feet, they considered the changes too extensive. Things went quickly downhill from there, and I think one of the closing comments from them went along the lines of “developing a browser extension for millions of users takes more than a big mouth.” I don’t think AdBlock ever had millions of users.

On 2005-12-19 I was already trying to see where Mozilla stands on yet another AdBlock fork being published (a fork called Adblock Plus already existed, though it wasn’t listed on addons.mozilla.org). On 2005-12-21 I contacted the developers of Adblock Plus, asking them whether they would allow me to use the name of their project so that there aren’t two competing AdBlock forks around.

By 2006-01-10 I was done rewriting the rest of the code, and an allowlist functionality was added as well (originally I was prohibited from adding this feature, it being planned for AdBlock 0.6 which never got released). This is the changelog which I was sharing at that point: https://palant.info/temp/ABP_changelog.txt

On 2006-01-13 I got a permission from Adblock Plus devs to publish my code as Adblock Plus 0.6, sort of as an update to their project. At the same time rue seemed to have a change of heart once again, saying that I would be allowed to publish my rewrite as AdBlock 0.7. I didn’t quite trust this arrangement (rightfully so), so on 2006-01-14 I submitted an application for an Adblock Plus project page on mozdev.org.

Adblock Plus 0.6 has finally been published on 2006-01-17. The rest is history…

#Adblock #AdblockPlus #history #Mozilla #extensions

I almost forgot an upcoming anniversary. 20 years ago I wrote this comment complaining about the state of the AdBlock extension: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315754#c12. I’m trying to reconstruct from my emails what happened later (I didn’t archive IRC discussions unfortunately).

While the AdBlock devs claimed that everything was fine, on 2005-11-29 Mozilla was contacting everyone listed as an AdBlock contributor (myself included), trying to find someone who could update it for the Firefox 1.5 release. Mozilla already made the necessary adjustments on addons.mozilla.org but back then update manifests were self-hosted, and somebody had to modify the file on the AdBlock website. The only person with the necessary access was rue, the project maintainer at the time, everybody else could only stand by helplessly.

At some point over the next two weeks I convinced rue to let me improve code quality of AdBlock, with improved maintainability as one of the goals. I’m not sure when I started this work which turned into a complete rewrite (yes, the codebase was that bad) but on 2005-12-16 I was looking for people to help me test it, saying that the extension would be ready by tomorrow. It actually took one day longer, on 2005-12-18 I posted an almost finished version in a Russian-language web developers forum: https://web.archive.org/web/20061011145831/http://xpoint.ru/forums/programming/XUL/thread/34705.xhtml

That’s when rue got cold feet, they considered the changes too extensive. Things went quickly downhill from there, and I think one of the closing comments from them went along the lines of “developing a browser extension for millions of users takes more than a big mouth.” I don’t think AdBlock ever had millions of users.

On 2005-12-19 I was already trying to see where Mozilla stands on yet another AdBlock fork being published (a fork called Adblock Plus already existed, though it wasn’t listed on addons.mozilla.org). On 2005-12-21 I contacted the developers of Adblock Plus, asking them whether they would allow me to use the name of their project so that there aren’t two competing AdBlock forks around.

By 2006-01-10 I was done rewriting the rest of the code, and an allowlist functionality was added as well (originally I was prohibited from adding this feature, it being planned for AdBlock 0.6 which never got released). This is the changelog which I was sharing at that point: https://palant.info/temp/ABP_changelog.txt

On 2006-01-13 I got a permission from Adblock Plus devs to publish my code as Adblock Plus 0.6, sort of as an update to their project. At the same time rue seemed to have a change of heart once again, saying that I would be allowed to publish my rewrite as AdBlock 0.7. I didn’t quite trust this arrangement (rightfully so), so on 2006-01-14 I submitted an application for an Adblock Plus project page on mozdev.org.

Adblock Plus 0.6 has finally been published on 2006-01-17. The rest is history…

#Adblock #AdblockPlus #history #Mozilla #extensions

‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court

https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-is-not-piracy-decision-overturned-by-top-german-court-250819/

#FederalSupremeCourt #AppsandSites #AdblockPlus #Lawsuits #germany

‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court

https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-is-not-piracy-decision-overturned-by-top-german-court-250819/

#FederalSupremeCourt #AppsandSites #AdblockPlus #Lawsuits #germany

Can you imagine:

An Internet without Adblockers?

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/08/14/is-germany-on-the-brink-of-banning-ad-blockers-user-freedom-privacy-and-security-is-at-risk/

#uBlockOrigin #AdBlockPlus #Adblockers

Can you imagine:

An Internet without Adblockers?

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/08/14/is-germany-on-the-brink-of-banning-ad-blockers-user-freedom-privacy-and-security-is-at-risk/

#uBlockOrigin #AdBlockPlus #Adblockers

🆕YouTube zaczyna odcinać użytkowników blokujących reklamy
➡️https://rootblog.pl/youtube-zaczyna-odcinac-uzytkownikow/

#AdblockPlus #GoogleChrome #YouTube

Mit dem Geschäftsmodell, Werbung erst zu blocken, sie aber nach Zahlung einer Gebühr durch den Seitenbetreiber wieder durchzulassen, macht man sich allerdings schon juristisch angreifbar. #LastBoost

Statt #AdBlockPlus besser #UBlockOrigin!

🤔 Gerichtsverfahren um #AdBlockPlus:

Der BGH: "Auf Basis des OLG-Urteils könne eine Urheberrechtsverletzung durch #Adblocker 'nicht ausgeschlossen werden' "

Wenn #AxelSpringer versucht AdBlockPlus wegen angeblicher "#Urheberrechtsverletzungen" zu verbieten und damit Erfolg haben SOLLTE, dann müssten doch auch zwangsläufig jegliche #AdBlocker (wie #uBlockOrigin, #AdGuard für Android, ...) und #ScriptBlocker (z.B. #NoScript) verboten werden?

Und #PiHole, wenn gewisse Dinge nicht wie im vorgesehen Code (nach)geladen werden weil die DNS blockiert wird?

#Urheberrecht von Webseiten: BGH hält Unzulässigkeit von #Adblockern für möglich"
https://www.golem.de/news/urheberrecht-von-webseiten-bgh-haelt-unzulaessigkeit-von-adblockern-fuer-moeglich-2507-198676.html

#Werbung #nervigeWerbung #AdBlock #Springer #Springerpresse

🤔 Gerichtsverfahren um #AdBlockPlus:

Der BGH: "Auf Basis des OLG-Urteils könne eine Urheberrechtsverletzung durch #Adblocker 'nicht ausgeschlossen werden' "

Wenn #AxelSpringer versucht AdBlockPlus wegen angeblicher "#Urheberrechtsverletzungen" zu verbieten und damit Erfolg haben SOLLTE, dann müssten doch auch zwangsläufig jegliche #AdBlocker (wie #uBlockOrigin, #AdGuard für Android, ...) und #ScriptBlocker (z.B. #NoScript) verboten werden?

Und #PiHole, wenn gewisse Dinge nicht wie im vorgesehen Code (nach)geladen werden weil die DNS blockiert wird?

#Urheberrecht von Webseiten: BGH hält Unzulässigkeit von #Adblockern für möglich"
https://www.golem.de/news/urheberrecht-von-webseiten-bgh-haelt-unzulaessigkeit-von-adblockern-fuer-moeglich-2507-198676.html

#Werbung #nervigeWerbung #AdBlock #Springer #Springerpresse

«Werbeblocker verändern die Programmiercodes von Webseiten und greifen damit – wir meinen: urheberrechtswidrig – direkt in das verfassungsrechtlich geschützte Angebot von Medienunternehmen ein», hatte Philipp-Christian Thomale, Senior Legal Counsel bei Axel Springer National Media & Tech, vorab gesagt.

https://www.zeit.de/news/2025-07/31/warum-werbeblocker-so-umstritten-sind

Was für ein Bullshit! 🤦

#axelspringer #werbeblocker #adblock #adblockplus

Outcome: almost everyone here on Mastodon uses an #adblocker .

#Mastodon #Adblockers #UBlockOrigin #Adblockplus

Outcome: almost everyone here on Mastodon uses an #adblocker .

#Mastodon #Adblockers #UBlockOrigin #Adblockplus

Do I have followers that do not use an #adblocker? If so, how do you survive on the current internet and why not use an adblocker?

#UBlockOrigin #Adblockplus #Poll

Do I have followers that do not use an #adblocker? If so, how do you survive on the current internet and why not use an adblocker?

#UBlockOrigin #Adblockplus #Poll

Vandaag #GroenLinks #PvdA congres zo'n beetje gevolgd en dacht goed bezig, ik meld me maar eens aan als lid.

Werkt hun aanmeldingsformulier gvd niet met #uBlockOrigin of #AdBlockPlus

Tja, dan ben je me weer kwijt en blijf ik voorlopig uitsluitend lid van de @Piratenpartij

https://groenlinks.nl/word-lid
"Werkt het formulier niet? probeer het alsjeblieft opnieuw op een andere computer of mobiel apparaat. Adblockers zoals Adblock Plus en Ublock kunnen de functionaliteit van het formulier hinderen.

Vandaag #GroenLinks #PvdA congres zo'n beetje gevolgd en dacht goed bezig, ik meld me maar eens aan als lid.

Werkt hun aanmeldingsformulier gvd niet met #uBlockOrigin of #AdBlockPlus

Tja, dan ben je me weer kwijt en blijf ik voorlopig uitsluitend lid van de @Piratenpartij

https://groenlinks.nl/word-lid
"Werkt het formulier niet? probeer het alsjeblieft opnieuw op een andere computer of mobiel apparaat. Adblockers zoals Adblock Plus en Ublock kunnen de functionaliteit van het formulier hinderen.

something is bringing me a lot of joy today - I'm catching up on one of my fav youtubers, and every 3 or 4 videos I get a little flash of a message that says "Adblockers are not allowed on YouTube"

But before I can read the whole message, my ad blocker gets rid of it 😁

Thank you #AdblockPlus

something is bringing me a lot of joy today - I'm catching up on one of my fav youtubers, and every 3 or 4 videos I get a little flash of a message that says "Adblockers are not allowed on YouTube"

But before I can read the whole message, my ad blocker gets rid of it 😁

Thank you #AdblockPlus

@derPUPE
Oh yeah, #AdblockPlus is going to be the killer app for #AR headsets

@derPUPE
Oh yeah, #AdblockPlus is going to be the killer app for #AR headsets

What do you folks think of Ghostery and Ad Block Plus? :blobcatgiggle:

I know, I know, I use uBlock Origin, too!

Just asking, coz I remember reading something sus about them :blobcat3c:

Just want to confirm, as I can't find anything on the web! 😇

#AdBlockers
#uBlockOrigin
#Ghostery
#AdBlockPlus

What do you folks think of Ghostery and Ad Block Plus? :blobcatgiggle:

I know, I know, I use uBlock Origin, too!

Just asking, coz I remember reading something sus about them :blobcat3c:

Just want to confirm, as I can't find anything on the web! 😇

#AdBlockers
#uBlockOrigin
#Ghostery
#AdBlockPlus

@jwildeboer
> Ghostery is going down the dark path, they just whitelisted a lot of the typical ad networks for unknown reasons

Didn't one of the older tracking blockers go that way? Maybe it was AdBlock+ and that's why I moved to uBlock.

Me:
> Maybe time to replace uBlock Origin?

Guess not then.

#privacy #TrackerBlocking #TrackingBlockers #Ghostery #AdBlockPlus

@jwildeboer
> Ghostery is going down the dark path, they just whitelisted a lot of the typical ad networks for unknown reasons

Didn't one of the older tracking blockers go that way? Maybe it was AdBlock+ and that's why I moved to uBlock.

Me:
> Maybe time to replace uBlock Origin?

Guess not then.

#privacy #TrackerBlocking #TrackingBlockers #Ghostery #AdBlockPlus

⬆️ @rlmcneary2 @pluralistic

>> German #AxelSpringer.. is suing #Eyeo, makers of #AdblockPlus, on the grounds that changing HTML to block an ad creates a "derivative work" of Axel Springer's web-pages

INSERTING ads in other people’s work in web pages creates “derivative work” in the first place. The irony is rich.

Der Rechtsstreit zwischen Springer-Verlag und Eyeo GmbH (AdBlock Plus) geht in die nächste Runde. Der BGH muss nun entscheiden, ob Adblocker als Urheberrechtsverstoß gelten. #Springer #AdBlockPlus https://winfuture.de/news,144191.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Der Rechtsstreit zwischen Springer-Verlag und Eyeo GmbH (AdBlock Plus) geht in die nächste Runde. Der BGH muss nun entscheiden, ob Adblocker als Urheberrechtsverstoß gelten. #Springer #AdBlockPlus https://winfuture.de/news,144191.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Ad Blocking Infringes Copyright? Ancient Sony Cheat Lawsuit May Prove Pivotal

https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-infringes-copyright-ancient-sony-cheat-lawsuit-may-prove-pivotal-240729/

#AppsandSites #AxelSpringer #AdblockPlus #Lawsuits #Eyeo

Ad Blocking Infringes Copyright? Ancient Sony Cheat Lawsuit May Prove Pivotal

https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-infringes-copyright-ancient-sony-cheat-lawsuit-may-prove-pivotal-240729/

#AppsandSites #AxelSpringer #AdblockPlus #Lawsuits #Eyeo

#AxelSpringer vs. #AdblockPlus: #Bundesgerichtshof @BGH_Bund wartet auf #EuGH-Entscheidung​ | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Axel-Springer-vs-Adblock-Plus-Bundesgerichtshof-wartet-auf-EuGH-Entscheidung-9813768.html

Your YouTube Videos May Not Be Loading Because Of A AdBlock Bug #adblock #adblockplus #news #software #streaming #youtube

https://www.lowyat.net/2024/314702/youtube-adblock-bug/

Fehler in #AdblockPlus: #Google ist doch nicht für langsames #Youtube verantwortlich

https://www.golem.de/news/fehler-in-adblock-plus-google-ist-doch-nicht-fuer-langsames-youtube-verantwortlich-2401-181202.html

#AdBlock AdBlocker

#adblockplus users: if you see unblocked ads, please ensure they appear when "acceptable ads" is disabled *before* reporting the issue.
"Acceptable ads" allowlists a lot of ads which would be otherwise blocked.
Thanks