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EasyPrivacy enabled by default #465
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shouldn't it be optional in uBlock too
No. uBlock has users' privacy in mind first and foremost. It's why it pains me to see uBlock often described as an "ad blocker". Ads do compromise users' privacy, but that's just the visible tip of the iceberg.
an increase in complaints of real-time functionality not working on 99designs.com for users who are using uBlock
The real fix is to report what you think should not be blocked to the maintainers of EasyPrivacy, not forfeiting all the protection EasyPrivacy brings to users.
Fair enough, although nothing will kill adoption like causing functionality issues with websites. Have a look at the list of logos on the frontpage of http://pusher.com/ for some idea of what sort of sites are likely to break for users.
For posterity, here are the links of the related forum thread:
https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27287&p=114403#p114403
For posterity, here are the links of the related forum thread:
https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27287&p=114403#p114403
You did not provide any specific technical details in order to allow the problem to be solved. Provide specific details of what should not be blocked and it will be addressed, assuming it doesn't go counter to EasyPrivacy purpose.
We've noticed an increase in complaints of users on
99designs.comnot getting real-time notifications and updates, which we've traced down to the EasyPrivacy list being enabled by default in uBlock ... Pusher.com provides push notifications over web sockets. The block means those push notifications doesn't come through
Except that Chromium-based browsers are yet unable to block websocket-based network requests, so something does not make sense in your original assertion.
Asking all users to not use EasyPrivacy to fix vague technical problems specific to 99designs.com, which you are not disclosing, is of course not an option.
Why don't you provide technical details to help the maintainers of EasyPrivacy to fix the issues specific to 99designs.com?
I tried the demo, and the notification worked all fine it seems:
xmlhttprequest https://html5-realtime-push-notifications.pusher.io/notify?message=qq
This was not blocked, and I have EasyPrivacy enabled, and the demo worked all fine, I saw the notification widget at the top.
The one request which was blocked is this one:
script https://stats.pusher.com/timeline/v2/jsonp/1?session=NTEwMzAwNjQ0&bundle=MQ%3D%3D&key=NDllMjZjYjhlOWRkZTNkZmMwMDk%3D&lib=anM%3D&version=Mi4yLjM%3D&features=WyJ3cyIsImZsYXNoIl0%3D&timeline=W3siaW5zdGFuY2VzIjoxLCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0MjA3Nzg5NjkyMTN9....
Looks to me something that should be blocked, and that did not prevent the demo from working.
You make a fair point, let me investigate more and provide some specifics.
The EasyPrivacy list tends to block lots of real-time applications, due to the blocking of
pusher.com. This list is disabled by default in ABP, shouldn't it be optional in uBlock too?For context, we've seen an increase in complaints of real-time functionality not working on 99designs.com for users who are using uBlock.