BarbBlock
Security and privacy
ad blocking
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
15 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 20 critical, out of 66 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 9 for, 15 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Brave legal stand against DMCA misuse
From 2 comments
As the author notes, the Streisand effect at work. But more importantly, I am quite happy that someone actually decided to stand their ground and call the bluff of future malware…
cyphar on HNThat may be great as a parallel project, but the point of this one is to take head on legally any challenges. At least that's my reading of his explanation. He's blazing a trail…
ballenf on HN
Good idea to publish as a standard blocklist
From 2 comments
I'm a fan of "Code as protest", but it seems like the more practical solution would be to simply have a separately maintained domain list that could be easily integrated into the…
AdmiralAsshat on HNWhy not just distribute a list, like easylist, that can be added to existing extensions like uBlock Origin?
loeg on HN
Objections
Should be a blocklist, not a new extension
From 3 comments
Couldn't you achieve the same thing by tracking http requests to a regular list? I'm not sure why I would use this extension because I already have the excellent ublock which I…
WD-42 on HNthe original DCMA take-down was against a uBlock Origin list. why make an entirely new plugin when you can simply make a new list? As cool as your idea is, I don't need two…
appleflaxen on HNWhy not just distribute a list, like easylist, that can be added to existing extensions like uBlock Origin?
loeg on HN
Hosting on GitHub exposes it to DMCA takedowns
From 2 comments
Hosting such a project on Github, a US-based company which responds to DMCA requests, is perhaps not the most sensible choice.
2ion on HNDMCA is targeted at service provider. Unless the code is self hosted, there's a risk that GitHub can take it down to avoid lawsuits.
ishitatsuyuki on HN
Requests
Publish as a plain text blocklist usable by other blockers
From 2 comments
I'm a fan of "Code as protest", but it seems like the more practical solution would be to simply have a separately maintained domain list that could be easily integrated into the…
AdmiralAsshat on HNI understand the hesitation. A user has submitted a text-based version: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulgb/BarbBlock/master/BarbBlock.txt
paulgb on HN
Publish on Firefox addons
From 1 comment
Firefox also supports webextensions. Please consider publishing a version at addons.mozilla.org too. The tool web-ext makes this almost effortless.…
josteink on HN
Questions
What is the functionalclam domain?
From 1 comment
What is functionalclam?
atomical on HN
Alternatives named
uBlock Origin custom lists and EasyList
From 2 comments
Why not just distribute a list, like easylist, that can be added to existing extensions like uBlock Origin?
loeg on HNCouldn't you achieve the same thing by tracking http requests to a regular list? I'm not sure why I would use this extension because I already have the excellent ublock which I…
WD-42 on HN
Privacy Badger
From 1 comment
doesn't stuff like privacy badger generate these lists on the fly locally?
k__ on HN
Hosts file and pfBlockerNG DNS blocklists
From 2 comments
A much easier solution is to just add those domains to your hosts file. Then it'll work across any program or browser you use.
rocky1138 on HNBesides web browser extensions, this sort of thing works nicely in firewalls that support DNSBL (DNS block lists). I've got pfSense running pfBlockerNG, and it whacks both…
tlavoie on HN