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Updated 2014 07 22: uBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares (markdown)

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2014-07-22:-uBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares.md

@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ Privacy Badger: warning from the browser: _"This extension is slowing down Chrom
Ultimately, if you **really** want to increase significantly control over your privacy, [HTTP Switchboard](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard#http-switchboard-for-chromium) is the way to go.
If web page breakage annoys you, just start using HTTP Switchboard in [allow-all/block-exceptionally mode](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-HTTP-Switchboard:-Two-opposing-views#the-allow-allblock-exceptionally-approach),
and blacklist your way up from this starting point. Unlike µBlock and others here, HTTP Switchboard does not
and blacklist your way up from this starting point. Unlike uBlock and others here, HTTP Switchboard does not
have unseen exception filters which often defeat good blocking filters. For example, [**this**](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/About-these-%22%E2%80%98virtually-impossible%E2%80%99-to-block%22-fingerprinting-tools#kind-of-low-breakage) is the way to foil many fingerprinting tricks, canvas fingerprinting included, without preventing javascript execution.
### Methodology
All blockers were configured in such a way as to compare apples-vs-apples:
- **µBlock:** out-of-the-box settings -- no change.
- **uBlock:** out-of-the-box settings -- no change.
- **Adblock Plus:** out-of-the-box settings + _"EasyPrivacy"_, _"Malware Domains"_ checked. _"Acceptable ads"_ unchecked. _"Update now"_ clicked.
- **Ghostery:** out-of-the-box settings + _"Advertising"_, _"Analytics"_, _"Beacons"_, _"Privacy"_ checked. _"Widgets"_ not checked. _"GhostRank"_ not checked. _"Update now"_ clicked (and ensured whatever new filters were used).
- **Adguard:** out-of-the-box settings + _"Spyware and tracking"_, _"Phishing and malware protection"_ checked. _"Social media"_ not checked. _"Acceptable ads"_ unchecked. _"Check for filter updates"_ clicked.
@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ and each extension was tested as the only extension active in the browser.
The official [Public Suffix List](https://publicsuffix.org/list/) is used to determine the domain of a URL.
**Note regarding the methodology:** It has been said that I was unfair toward ABP because I didn't
use [Peter Lowe’s Ad server](http://pgl.yoyo.org/) list for ABP while I did for µBlock. It is
use [Peter Lowe’s Ad server](http://pgl.yoyo.org/) list for ABP while I did for uBlock. It is
true that I could have imported the list into ABP, which most certainly account for the difference
between ABP and µBlock. My answer to this is available at [Wilders Security Forum](http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/%C2%B5block-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-3#post-2386023).
between ABP and uBlock. My answer to this is available at [Wilders Security Forum](http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/%C2%B5block-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-3#post-2386023).