From 2f5595a1593deef72a3bde2a938eaa1d3d925680 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:42:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Updated=20=C2=B5Block=20and=20others:=20Blockin?= =?UTF-8?q?g=20ads,=20trackers,=20malwares=20(markdown)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- µBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/µBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md b/µBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md index 6e38cd7..c4571bc 100644 --- a/µBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md +++ b/µBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Measuring directly the number of distinct 3rd-party domains which were hit is a ![Privacy benchmark graph](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/privacy-benchmark.png) +Caveat: "3rd-party" is defined as a domain which doesn't match the domain of the web page. For sure many +domains reported as "3rd-party" actually belong to the same entity which owns the page domain (for example, `yimg.com` is owned by `yahoo.com`). There is no way for the benchmark code to know this, unless using a comprehensive database of who owns which domain -- that is beyond my means. Still, the benchmark is useful if comparing blockers among themselves, or against when no blocker is used. + Results -- figures are "**3rd party** / all". Ordered from least 3rd-party hits to most 3rd-party hits. Privacy-wise, lower numbers are better. #### µBlock 0.2.1.1