FilterLists – directory of filter lists for ads, trackers, and annoyances

Re:FilterLists – directory of filter lists for ads, trackers... by furyferret on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:00AM (#11140567)

We need whitelists. I'm using uBlocko to block all third-party requests and manually whitelist requests vital for the site such as those who load the CSS from a CDN. Many sites use their own CDN, with the domain name finishing in .net instead of .com or with whateverwebsite-cdn.com.

I believe a convenient web browsing experience is possible with about 5% of third-party requests granted. We need whitelists, not blacklists.

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Re:FilterLists – directory of filter lists for ads, trackers... by jakejake on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:52AM (#11140814)

A plugin that allowed you to whitelist as you go would probably be pretty usable after a few days of training.

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Re:FilterLists – directory of filter lists for ads, trackers... by o_s_m on Saturday February 20, 2016 @12:22PM (#11140949)

Perhaps, but do you necessarily want to whitelist the entire site and all the accompanying JavaScript, or just the top level domain and a few components to allow it to work correctly. Depends on the granularity you desire. That's where uMatrix would come in handy.

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Re:FilterLists – directory of filter lists for ads, trackers... by ChrisGranger on Saturday February 20, 2016 @03:59PM (#11141930)

RequestPolicy Continued https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/ does this, and comes with a subscription usability whitelist for CDNs and such.

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Re:FilterLists – directory of filter lists for ads, trackers... by jlgaddis on Saturday February 20, 2016 @02:02PM (#11141377)

Indeed. I'd imagine I could have it "trained" (to cover the 20 or so sites that make up the majority of my browsing) in just a couple of hours and it would be time well spent.

I'd even donate or pay for an extension that did this.

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