Current Events > Ad blocking is under attack

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://blog.adguard.com/en/ad-blocking-is-under-attack/

Looks like advertisers are now trying to issue DMCA takedown requests against ad filter lists.
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wat
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Haven't they learned that the harder they try to fight these things, the better the technology will become?
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This is why noscript is superior
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I thought it was going to be this: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/support-ublock-origin/6746/451

Firefox FTW.

Also, that Instart Logic thing that was mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instart_Logic

The company also offers an ad-blocker circumvention service that replaces advertisement URLs with different URLs, which are subsequently translated by Instart Logic's servers, so that ad blockers cannot filter them.

Noscript is superior to ad blocking in the same sense that you can prevent yourself from seeing ads by gouging out your eyes
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judasmaiden15 posted...

This is why noscript is superior

uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger + HTTPS Everywhere

Avoid Ghostery.

If you don't want to see anything then yeah Noscript is superior...

But anyways on topic, is this even legal? also is anything stopping the easylist people from "suggesting" sites to manually add to the filter list in case it is actually illegal for them to add the sites to the filter lists?
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These guys can't beat the internet.
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Cookie Bag posted...

If you don't want to see anything then yeah Noscript is superior...

But anyways on topic, is this even legal? also is anything stopping the easylist people from "suggesting" sites to manually add to the filter list in case it is actually illegal for them to add the sites to the filter lists?

uMatrix >>>>>> NoScript
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The easylist guys have a good point:

If it is a Circumvention/Adblock-Warning adhost, it should be removed from Easylist even without the need for a DMCA request.

Blocking the anti-adblock naggers is for another list.
https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/


The endgame here, is that adblocking itself will be declared "circumvention". There's an emerging trend of blocking the requested content until the adservers all return an "ok", which a clever lawyer could easily re-label as "access control".

So does that mean that even if they don't provide a direct way for people to block anti-adblockers, they're still responsible if people use their platforms to do so?
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luigi13579 posted...

judasmaiden15 posted...

This is why noscript is superior

uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger + HTTPS Everywhere

Avoid Ghostery.

What's wrong with ghostery?
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you can select what you want on noscript.
its fine.
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iron jojo posted...

luigi13579 posted...

judasmaiden15 posted...

This is why noscript is superior

uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger + HTTPS Everywhere

Avoid Ghostery.

What's wrong with ghostery?

They sold out, pretty much like ABP.

luigi13579 posted...

Avoid Ghostery.

Should of refreshed for newer comments before asking why

I dont know whats up with the original Adblock... it literally allows ads. Ublock seems to be the replacement.

I didn't use an ad blocker, until I noticed my browser had one built in. Most pages load up at least 10 times faster with it on.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

iron jojo posted...

luigi13579 posted...

judasmaiden15 posted...

This is why noscript is superior

uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger + HTTPS Everywhere

Avoid Ghostery.

What's wrong with ghostery?

They sold out, pretty much like ABP.

It used to be quite nice
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mustachedmystic posted...

I didn't use an ad blocker, until I noticed my browser had one built in. Most pages load up at least 10 times faster with it on.

yea and you can enable and disable easily.
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FFVII_REMAKE posted...

I dont know whats up with the original Adblock... it literally allows ads. Ublock seems to be the replacement.

Adblock/Adblock Plus sold out. They allow companies to pay them to whitelist certain ads. That's why uBlock and uBlock Origin are better.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The easylist guys have a good point:

If it is a Circumvention/Adblock-Warning adhost, it should be removed from Easylist even without the need for a DMCA request.

Blocking the anti-adblock naggers is for another list.
https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/

On that note, looks like AAK-Cont (updated version of Anti-Adblock Killer which is dead now) already has the filter for that site added back in.
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I just put yellow sticky notes on my monitor where the ads are. Physical ad block is unbeatable.
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Dualistic posted...

luigi13579 posted...

Avoid Ghostery.

Should of

no
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https://www.extremetech.com/internet/247808-new-perceptual-ad-blocker-may-impossible-websites-defeat
There's always hope for perceptual ad blocking, although I haven't really heard anything new about it since reading about it several months ago.
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ads are just internet traffic. i can block any ad or traffic I want, when I want, for whatever reason I want, and nobody has the right to tell me no.
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Don't ads drain bandwidth if you're on a capped internet too? that's bullshit
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Cookie Bag posted...

Don't ads drain bandwidth if you're on a capped internet too? that's bullshit

They sure do
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Rika_Furude posted...

ads are just internet traffic. i can block any ad or traffic I want, when I want, for whatever reason I want, and nobody has the right to tell me no.

Exactly.

Now, if websites want to / need to start charging a subscription fee, then they can do so. Trying to ban / circumvent adblockers through nefarious means though? They can fuck off.

In a way, ad companies have brought this on themselves with all the intrusive ads, tracking, malware, etc. and the massively inflated page sizes that eat up your bandwidth. You'd have to be crazy not to use an ad blocker these days tbqh.

ISPs too, with shit like: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/five-ways-cybersecurity-will-suffer-if-congress-repeals-fcc-privacy-rules

Just because you're an advertiser doesn't give you the right to assault my senses when I just want to read a fucking article so Ad blocking software will never be stopped. They should adapt and maybe take a look at themselves and ask why people need to block their bullshit.
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FL81 posted...

On that note, looks like AAK-Cont (updated version of Anti-Adblock Killer which is dead now) already has the filter for that site added back in.

Didn't even know that AAK was dead, let alone that there was a successor. Thanks for the heads up.
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