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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1036 points deryilz | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.271s | source
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Beijinger ◴[12 Jul 25 20:59 UTC] No.44545117[source]▶
I did not even realize my ublock origin was turned off. My HOST FILE script did the same service: https://expatcircle.com/cms/privacy-advanced-ublock-origin-w...

More concerning is that social fixer was turned off: https://socialfixer.com/

MFGA Make Facebook Great again ;-)

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1. kingo55 ◴[12 Jul 25 22:21 UTC] No.44545684[source]▶
Changing your hosts file helps but it would only block hostnames primarily used for ads and trackers - it wouldn't address those trackers and ads loaded from hostnames shared with actual content. The more sophisticated sites will proxy their tracking and ads through their main app:

E.g. www.cnn.com/ads.js

I prefer having multiple layers just in case anything drops off:

1. VPN DNS / AdGuard local cached DNS 2. uBlock Origin

It's like wearing two condoms (but it feels better than natural).