Updated Inline script tag filtering (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-10-02 10:09:27 -04:00
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@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ In the cat and mouse game between web sites and blockers, the new script tag fil
The big advantage of this new filter is that it can fix _at the source_ many of the anti-blocker workarounds used by some web sites. The big advantage of this new filter is that it can fix _at the source_ many of the anti-blocker workarounds used by some web sites.
For example, the web site at `http://focus.de/` will resort to deface itself with ridiculous ads when the site detects that the user is using a blocker, and using _EasyList_ + _EasyList Germany_ does not work, as the images pulled by the page are randomly named defeating pattern-based network filters and easily defeating cosmetic filters as well. For example, the web site at `http://focus.de/` will resort to deface itself with ridiculous ads when the site detects that the user is using a blocker, and using _EasyList_ + _EasyList Germany_ does not work, as the images pulled by the page are randomly named, defeating pattern-based network filters and cosmetic filters as well.
Wholesale blocking of inline script tags does prevent the auto-defacing, but possibly at the cost of using useful functionalities. However, a script tag filter to block the specific inline script tag which contains the self-defacement javascript code allows a more targeted approach: prevent the undesirable inline javascript code from executing while keeping the desirable inline javascript code intact. At time of writing, this script tag filter worked for the site: Wholesale blocking of inline script tags does prevent the auto-defacing, but possibly at the cost of using useful functionalities. However, a script tag filter to block the specific inline script tag which contains the self-defacement javascript code allows a more targeted approach: prevent the undesirable inline javascript code from executing while keeping the desirable inline javascript code intact. At time of writing, this script tag filter worked for the site: