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2014 07 22: uBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares
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About "This other extension reports more stuff blocked!"
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About "uBlock is inferior in capabilities as a result of being lighter on the browser"
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About "uBlock is inferior in capabilities as a result of being lighter on the browser"...
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About "Why uBlock Origin works so much better than Pi‑hole does?"
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About this "your software" mindset
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About “Why uBlock Origin works so much better than Pi‑hole does?”
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Advanced settings
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Block more, way more
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Blocking mode
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Blocking mode: easy mode
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Blocking mode: hard mode
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Blocking mode: nightmare mode
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Blocking mode: very easy mode
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Can uBO crash a browser?
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Can you trust uBlock Origin?
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Compare: Memory footprint: what happens inside µBlock after installation
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Contributed memory usage: benchmarks over time
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Cosmetic filtering in uBlock: version 0.4.0.0 update
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Cosmetic filtering in µBlock: version 0.4.0.0 update
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Debunking "uBlock Origin is less efficient than Adguard" claims
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Deploying uBlock Origin
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Deploying uBlock Origin: configuration
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Does uBlock Origin block ads or just hide them?
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Doesn't uBlock Origin add overhead to page load?
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DOM inspector
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Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags
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Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party script and iframe tags
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Dynamic filtering: default deny
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Dynamic filtering: default deny: useful rulesets
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Dynamic filtering: Examples of usefulness of blocking 3rd party iframe tags
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Dynamic filtering: precedence
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Dynamic filtering: quick guide
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Dynamic filtering: to easily reduce privacy exposure
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Dynamic filtering: Usefulness of blocking 1st party script tags
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Dynamic filtering: Usefulness of blocking inline script tags
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Few words about re‐design of uBO's user interface
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Filter lists from around the web
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Firefox version: benchmarking memory footprint (2015 03 07)
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Firefox WebExtensions
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History of vulnerability disclosures
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Inline script tag filtering
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Introduction to basic filtering syntax
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Maintainership transfer of uBlock: post mortem
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Memory footprint: what happens inside uBlock after installation
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Memory footprint: what happens inside µBlock after installation
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Myth: uBlock consumes over 80MB
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Myth: uBlock consumes several or several dozen GB of RAM
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Myth: µBlock consumes over 80MB
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Notes on memory benchmarks, selfies
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Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
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Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine: details
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Own memory usage: benchmarks over time
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Per site switches
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Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP address
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Reference answers to various topics seen in the wild
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Reference benchmark
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Reference description of uBO in various extensions stores
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Regular expression based filters
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