▲ 384 ▼ Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring SSD activity through a browser API (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (3 children) Out of curiosity, why 2-3 different ad blockers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) I have similar. privacy badger ublock adblock plus and have pihole on my network. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maldreamer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago You probably would have meant ublock origin and must have shortened it to uBlock, but just a reminder for others who don't know, Ublock and Ublock Origin are different things, with Ublock.org and others being a clone and unreliable/malware (I am not sure on the malware part but just something I have heard but not verified). Use Ublock Origin on Firefox, and if you are using chrome, switch to Firefox but if you can't for some reason use Ublock lite (manifest V3 version). permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They often do different things. Privacy badger, ublock, https everywhere are just required tools. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Hasn't HTTPS Everywhere been dead for years? Enabling forced HTTPS is a native feature in every browser now afaik. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 point 2 months ago I run multiple as well. It's like double-bagging it, except actually effective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) I have similar. privacy badger ublock adblock plus and have pihole on my network. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maldreamer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago You probably would have meant ublock origin and must have shortened it to uBlock, but just a reminder for others who don't know, Ublock and Ublock Origin are different things, with Ublock.org and others being a clone and unreliable/malware (I am not sure on the malware part but just something I have heard but not verified). Use Ublock Origin on Firefox, and if you are using chrome, switch to Firefox but if you can't for some reason use Ublock lite (manifest V3 version). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maldreamer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago You probably would have meant ublock origin and must have shortened it to uBlock, but just a reminder for others who don't know, Ublock and Ublock Origin are different things, with Ublock.org and others being a clone and unreliable/malware (I am not sure on the malware part but just something I have heard but not verified). Use Ublock Origin on Firefox, and if you are using chrome, switch to Firefox but if you can't for some reason use Ublock lite (manifest V3 version). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They often do different things. Privacy badger, ublock, https everywhere are just required tools. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Hasn't HTTPS Everywhere been dead for years? Enabling forced HTTPS is a native feature in every browser now afaik. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Hasn't HTTPS Everywhere been dead for years? Enabling forced HTTPS is a native feature in every browser now afaik. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 point 2 months ago I run multiple as well. It's like double-bagging it, except actually effective. permalink fedilink source parent