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Updated Blocking mode (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2017-12-29 08:25:49 -05:00
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@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ The `3rd-party domains` section is _[3rd-party] [1st-party]_, and ordered by 3rd
Notice that in medium mode, most 3rd parties are actually auxiliary domains which are related to the 1st-party, which means that actual profiling by 3rd parties has been foiled to a great extent. At this point, it's a matter of selectively blocking the remaining 3rd parties which might be deemed undesirable by a user (for example, blocking `gravatar.com`, `fonts.googleapis.com`, etc.) Notice that in medium mode, most 3rd parties are actually auxiliary domains which are related to the 1st-party, which means that actual profiling by 3rd parties has been foiled to a great extent. At this point, it's a matter of selectively blocking the remaining 3rd parties which might be deemed undesirable by a user (for example, blocking `gravatar.com`, `fonts.googleapis.com`, etc.)
**Addendum 2017-12-29:** Note that this benchmark is rather dated, and since then many enhancements have been brought to uBO. For example, `googletagservices.com` was not blocked by default in _Easy mode_ back then, while it is now blocked and replaced with a neutered local scriptlet, to minimize probability of page breakage.
Hard mode will actually ensure that profiling by 3rd parties is completely foiled, though at the expense of having to fix most web sites. For privacy-minded users, _medium mode_ seems to be the optimal approach. Hard mode will actually ensure that profiling by 3rd parties is completely foiled, though at the expense of having to fix most web sites. For privacy-minded users, _medium mode_ seems to be the optimal approach.
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