@halibut

NoScript, the old Firefox extension? I stopped using it because I started seeing third-party ads and cookies on the #NoScript website. Switched to #uMatrix.

I wish uMatrix was still maintained. It is excellent.

@stemy @davidrevoy @mullvadnet @torproject

@skjeggtroll @cstross You can partially have it with ublock origin and fully with umatrix provided you can configure your own filters.
https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki

As all good things end soon, this project has been archived with no proper fork.

@fitheach Nice to see a co #umatrix user, do you know anything about the future of the addon or forks of it?

@TheTomas @lcamtuf I mostly agree with this. #umatrix-like whitelisting should just be built into every browser.

Unfortunately blocking third-party only works as long as the first-party is not also complicit, so one also needs to be able to block their complicit elements.

@heiseonline @google "Hey Google, go phuck yourself!" Wenn #YouTube mich nicht mehr haben will als viewer können sie mich ja aussperren. Aber ihre drecks Werbung schaue ich mir deshalb noch immer nicht an. Ein Hoch auf Werbeblocker !! #ublock + #uMatrix ftw

@dmarti UBO with all filters enabled plus umatrix with settings to block every damn JS would make life a bit heard but gives us a picture of how many dirty things a website is doing.

By the why does any one know why #umatrix doesn't get any updates these days?

@tesmaia Oh, but there is.

Or at least was.

Meet #DoNotTrack

Do Not Track (DNT) is a formerly official HTTP header field, designed to allow internet users to opt-out of tracking by websites—which includes the collection of data regarding a user's activity across multiple distinct contexts, and the retention, use, or sharing of data derived from that activity outside the context in which it occurred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

Industry refused to adopt it and the standard was withdrawn in 2018. So we get !@#$%^&*() consent dialogues.

My own response to those:

• Nuke the dialogue using either uBlock Origin's element blocker or if that doesn't stick, a Stylish local CSS rule.
• Use uMatrix to deny ALL cookies from the domain.

Note that this is usually overkill as uMatrix typically denies third-party cookies anyway. But it's my little personal protest.

(uBlock Origin, uMatrix, and Stylish are all browser extensions for #Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. Note that you want uBlock Origin and NOT the uBlock, which has gone to the dark side.

#uBlockOrigin #uMatrix

@wolfpld