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uBlock Origin is forever disabled in Chrome. Why it happened and what to use instead (adguard.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/Technology@programming.dev

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[–] xtools@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

which ootb setting would a regular user realistically need to change? i was actually happy to not have to do anything i'd normally do when installing a new browser

[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Spoofing the timezone is one that comes to mind. I noticed all the times on websites were off by a significant amount, and that is something that will confuse a regular user. I thought something was wrong until I remembered that LibreWolf tries to hide locale info as much as possible.

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

The anti-canvas fingerprinting that replaces all canvases (or whatever it is, usually dynamicly drawn stuff) with rainbow square does break a lot of stuff. It used to break even pasting of images to messenger.