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Updated Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-08-07 10:11:56 -04:00
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**Simply blocking 3rd-party `<iframe>` by default foils such exploit.**
Blocking 3rd-party scripts is generally even better, as the malicious code would have been prevented from executing in the first place. But for users with low tolerance to site breakage, blocking 3rd-party `<iframe>` by default (i.e. on all sites by default) is really the best solution.
Blocking 3rd-party scripts is generally even better, as the malicious code would have been prevented from executing in the first place. But for users with low tolerance to site breakage, blocking 3rd-party `<iframe>` tags by default (i.e. on all sites by default) is really the best solution.
Blocking 3rd-party `iframe` tags will typically cause little web page breakage, far less than the more thorough alternative of blocking 3rd-party javascript, so blocking 3rd-party `iframe` tags is an approach that can work even for less advanced users.
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### Tracking protection
URL: <http://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-online-tracking-device-that-is-virtually-impossible-to-block>
Remember the article [ProPublica's _"Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block"_](http://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-online-tracking-device-that-is-virtually-impossible-to-block)?
The title is obviously an exaggeration (the tracking _can_ be blocked).