> It really has changed the way I use the internet.
I agree so much. I cannot recommend umatrix highly enough. It has put me completely back in control of what sites can and can't do. I block everything by default except for first-party CSS and images (e.g. *.ycombinator.com when I visit news.ycombinator). It's great, and not at all as bothersome as I thought.
No more HTML5 pop-ups, deceptive ads, no more auto loading videos, no more sneaky audio, no more weird javascript that slows my browser to a crawl, no more tracking.
Honestly people, give it a shot. It's amazing.
Re:Linux ransomware in the wild
by checkyoursudo on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:01PM
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On my laptop, I block all images by default, while I don't on my desktop (like you, I load CSS and images there).
I find myself more and more liking to use my laptop for browsing, which makes me think I could block images by default on my desktop as well and rarely ever notice it anymore.
I don't run JS at all except for very few webpages (think gmail log in page, etc).
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I haven't really stressed how good uMatrix is. It really has changed the way I use the internet.