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Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions by albertgoeswoof on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @06:37PM (#14974399)
How exactly does this work? The link mentions that it detects when Dev tools are opened and changes something?
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Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions by tyingq on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:44PM (#14974856)
>How exactly does this work?

Which part? The making 3rd party cookies into 1st party cookies is likely just a caching proxy. They mention the speed benefits here, and not the cloaking benefit, but.. https://www.instartlogic.com/solutions/appspeed/runtime-opti...

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Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions by milcron on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @06:59PM (#14974549)
Here are a few suggestions https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7798748/find-out-whether...
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Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions by hathawsh on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:51PM (#14974900)
Wow, the 'id' getter strategy is devious and effective on Chrome.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7798748/find-out-whether...

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