From 166a9faed89d71b8d93160186eb5a368f246f523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:26:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Dynamic filtering: to easily reduce privacy exposure (markdown) --- Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure.md b/Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure.md index 1e959b9..3177054 100644 --- a/Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure.md +++ b/Dynamic-filtering:-to-easily-reduce-privacy-exposure.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ uBlock Origin's [_dynamic filtering_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dyn Will use Facebook as an example. Facebook will still have the ability to track your browsing habits when using uBlock Origin with its default settings [see benchmark's raw data for [_Easy Mode_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-easy-mode): notice in the [list of 3rd parties](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#easy-mode) how `facebook.net` is ubiquitous]. -First, we block Facebook-related hostnames globally, such that network requests to Facebook servers are blocked _by default, everywhere_: +First, we block Facebook-related hostnames globally, such that network requests to Facebook servers are blocked _by default, everywhere_ (the first column is for global rules): ![Block `facebook.net` everywhere](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/585534/37596805-b94d377c-2b53-11e8-8bd9-a846f7c399d1.png) @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ These rules will cause Facebook to be blocked everywhere by default: This will foil the ability of Facebook to gather data about your browsing habits through the embedding of Facebook's resources on countless web sites. -Blocking Facebook when visiting Facebook is not ideal though, and there is no real benefit for doing so. Thus we will create an exception to the above global rules, but just for when we visit Facebook's own site: +Blocking Facebook when visiting Facebook is not ideal though, and there is no real benefit for doing so. Thus we will create an exception to the above global rules, but just for when we visit Facebook's own site (the second column is for local rules): ![Do not block `facebook.com` while visiting Facebook](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/585534/37597337-8e9015ac-2b55-11e8-94c6-28a142bd657e.png)