AdNauseam
ungoogled-chromium
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4,393 | 18,803 | |
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0.0 | 8.7 | |
28 days ago | 4 days ago | |
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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AdNauseam
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YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge
It does not actually clicks on the ads. It sends the request to ad server but does not execute any response from the server, so it's safe to run
https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...
- AdNauseam: uBlock Origin fork silently clicking ads on behalf of users
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AdNauseam: uBlock Origin fork silently clicking ads
>https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...
>AdNauseam 'clicks' Ads by issuing an HTTP request to the URL to which they lead. In current versions the is done via an XMLHttpRequest (or AJAX request) issued in a background process. This lightweight request signals a 'click' on the server responsible for the Ad, but does so without opening any additional windows or pages on your computer. Further it allows AdNauseam to safely receive and discard the resulting response data, rather than executing it in the browser, thus preventing a range of potential security problems (ransomware, rogue Javascript or Flash code, XSS-attacks, etc.) caused by malfunctioning or malicious Ads. Although it is completely safe, AdNauseam's clicking behaviour can be de-activated in the settings panel.
Isn't this easily detectable? XHRs are easily detectable through various headers, so it's trivial to filter out the fake traffic from this extension. Failing that, thanks to ad fraud there's a whole industry of bot/ad fraud detection firms using browser fingerprinting and behavioral analysis to detect fake ad clicks. I have no doubt that an extension that's "clicking" on every ad using XHR is going to get detected and filtered.
- Noiszy: A browser plugin that creates meaningless web data – digital “noise.”
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Subreddits have proposed a blackout from June 12-14. Third party users should join them and avoid Reddit during that period.
I'd think it's infeasible for advertisers to regularly audit third-party apps on reddit's behalf to make sure the ads they're paying to display aren't being requested but cosmetically hidden or even shadow-clicked. I'm sincerely curious if there are any example platforms that do this with their API; I can't find anything after a search.
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take your daily medicine guys
What is your opinion on AdNauseam?
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uBlock Origin/Ad Nauseam and YouTube
Please use this page to report issues or ask questions about Ad Nauseam. This specific issue has already been addressed:
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Lifelong Chrome user switching to Firefox, are there any extensions that are a MUST on the browser?
Other than that, Libredirect and AdNauseam to be pretty neat. Allows me to avoid using certain sites directly and when I do, I mess with their ads engagement enough. A bit petty, but I'll take what I can get.
- The vast majority of us are being tracked with surveillance tech. These are the systems you need to know about
ungoogled-chromium
- console.log(DOOM)
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Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive
Cromite[0] is the best on Android, it's a privacy-oriented open source patchset on top of Chromium.
Cromite has a desktop build, but it's a bit more experimental than the mobile build, so you can use Ungoogled Chromium[1] instead. Ungoogled is also a privacy-oriented open source patchset on top of Chromium. Check the beta flags to enable some more interesting features like getClientRect anti-fingerprinting measures (unfortunately breaks some React-based sites that go into infinite re-render loop).
Both of these browsers selectively include patches from Brave, but they are community-oriented builds so imo more trustworthy than Brave, which continues to package various shady anti-features and always will because it's backed by a for-profit company.
LibreWolf[2] is the nicest Firefox-based one for desktop, I think. It's pretty hardcore, though, I most only use it to visit mainstream social media sites.
I tried a bunch of the Firefox-based ones on mobile and none of them clicked for me. Cromite is just too slick on Android. Put the address bar at the bottom and off you go. Only downside is no online syncing of tabs and bookmarks, but meh. You can save all open tabs to bookmark bar in one hit then export your bookmarks, send the file through whatever E2EE channel you want to your other device and import then reopen them again.
[0] https://github.com/uazo/cromite
[1] https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
[2] https://librewolf.net/
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Browsers Are Weird
For those that like Chromium but want to remove any integration with Google, there's Ungoogled Chromium
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
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What is the safest and best browser to use???
If you're entirely partial to Chromium browsers, use Ungoogled Chrome https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
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Mozilla CEO received $6,9m salary in 2022, a $2m increase from 2021, meanwhile Firefox has lost 30m of its userbase since 2020.
what about https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
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any working adBlock for YouTube?
Firefox or Ungoogled Chromium (needs to update uBlock manually) in Incognito window with unchanged vanilla uBlock Origin with lists updated and no other plugins and without YouTube account. Works perfectly. Also FreeTube.
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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent
Ungoogled Chromium is a Chromium-based browser with Google services stripped out.
- Project and source: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
- Binaries: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina...
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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Using these sort of downstream patch set browsers is rarely a good idea. If it has multiple full-time developers from a respected org dedicated to it, then it can be justifiable (Tor Browser, Brave), but take a look at the gaps in time for these two pages:
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/rel...
https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/ch...
There's often days you're going without security patches. If you want a browser without Google tracking, Firefox is a much better choice.
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Installing Chrome extension from raw source code
While these screenshots use Google Chrome, they will also work on all 'Chromium' based web browsers, like Brave, Vivaldi, ungoogled-chromium, etc. Window's Edge is also compatible, though some the button locations are changed.
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Brave is a fork, not a Chromium reskinn
I would highly recommend the Ungoogled Chromium fork instead: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
Entirely volunteer maintained, there is no for-profit entity behind it looking to do crypto referrals or ad swapping or anything like that.
What are some alternatives?
uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
chromium - The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
anti-adblock-killer - Anti-Adblock Killer helps you keep your Ad-Blocker active, when you visit a website and it asks you to disable.
bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!
bypass-paywalls-firefox - Bypass Paywalls for Firefox android
brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
block - Let's make an annoyance free, better open internet, altogether!
browser
Never-Consent - Never consent to any GDPR consent management platform
iridium-browser - Iridium Browser source code
privacypossum - Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable
thorium - Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. 90. Windows and MacOS/Raspi/Android/Special builds are in different repositories, links are towards the top of the README.md.