From 8215bf4c6f2636aa455c31cb193020e6b6de216d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: q1800 <95879668+q1800@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 09:52:58 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Implement gorhill's request for uBO naming convention --- Can-you-trust-uBlock-Origin?.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Can-you-trust-uBlock-Origin?.md b/Can-you-trust-uBlock-Origin?.md index 23f5040..db93527 100644 --- a/Can-you-trust-uBlock-Origin?.md +++ b/Can-you-trust-uBlock-Origin?.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -After I added the `privacy` permission to make uBlock Origin reliable when it comes to blocking network requests, a lot of people questioned uBlock Origin's trustworthiness. +After I added the `privacy` permission to make uBlock Origin (uBO) reliable when it comes to blocking network requests, a lot of people questioned uBO's trustworthiness. -First, uBlock Origin is completely developed in full public view. All the sources and all the changes to the sources are fully accessible on GitHub. +First, uBO is completely developed in full public view. All the sources and all the changes to the sources are fully accessible on GitHub. -Second, uBlock Origin does not have a dedicated server, it can't "phone home" with your browsing data, there is only GitHub, and GitHub is completely unrelated to uBlock Origin. +Second, uBO does not have a dedicated server, it can't "phone home" with your browsing data, there is only GitHub, and GitHub is completely unrelated to uBO. -Third, I have no intent to _ever_ monetize uBlock Origin. It started as a personal project, and it still is a personal project. So uBlock Origin has absolutely no interest in data mining you. +Third, I have no intent to _ever_ monetize uBO. It started as a personal project, and it still is a personal project. So uBO has absolutely no interest in data mining you. I think it's time I give examples of how requiring _fewer_ permissions is **not** a sure sign of higher trustworthiness. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Chrome store: Web Protector - Reliable Phishing Protection (the extension no lon This extension requires the same permission as uBlock, _minus_ the `privacy` one. Some might be inclined that it can thus be more trusted than uBlock, which requires the `privacy` permission. -However, Web Protector has a home server, and it does "phone home" as opposed to uBlock (which has no home server in the first place). +However, Web Protector has a home server, and it does "phone home" as opposed to uBO (which has no home server in the first place). For **every** web page you visit, you can see Web Protector sending behind-the-scene network requests to `webovernet.com`: @@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ This is just to demonstrate that the permissions _alone_ do not tell the whole s - Under which license does the code fall? - Is there a home server? - What network requests are made by an extension behind the scene? - - uBlock Origin's logger allows you to see all [behind-the-scene network requests](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/Behind-the-scene-network-requests), including its own (mainly to GitHub, for updating filter lists). + - uBO's logger allows you to see all [behind-the-scene network requests](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/Behind-the-scene-network-requests), including its own (mainly to GitHub, for updating filter lists). - How is an extension monetizing itself? - Learning about this factor will help you best understand whether the extension's developer's interests are aligned or at odds with yours.