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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by thesmallestcat on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @02:32PM (#12491016)
It looks like another addon was phoning home to a blocked resource. I should've tried more combinations first. The best thing I can think of is that it would be cool if uBlock reported when a call from another extension has been blocked.
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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by gorhill on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:05PM (#12491743)
> it would be cool if uBlock reported when a call from another extension has been blocked

That is the purpose of the built-in logger[1]. By default uBO is not setup to block other extensions' network requests, or those made by the browser itself, one has to configure it explicitly for this to happen[2].

1. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger

2. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-netw...

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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by thesmallestcat on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:31PM (#12492790)
Hm OK, must be something else then. Either way, uMatrix blows Ghostery away so this has been fortuitous.
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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by M_Grey on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:36PM (#12493132)
I'm using it now at the recommendation of people here, and you're too right. It's a bit like going from a pogo stick to a McLaren.
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