from about:addons or by clicking on the dashboard icon in the uBlock Origin interface.
Open the Settings of the extension, e.g.It may take some time before it becomes available to stable users (version 1.24 required)įirefox users who run the extension need to do the following to set things up properly on their end: Note: The version is currently available as a beta version. This is required to unlock access to the DNS API in the browser extension.
Ublock origin corrupted upgrade#
Hill writes "Best to assume it can't be fixed on Chromium if it does not support the proper API".įirefox users who upgrade to the latest version of uBlock Origin, may notice a new permission request (Access IP address and hostname information). For now, it is not possible to protect against this form of tracking in Google Chrome. Side-note: Why only Firefox? Because Mozilla has created DNS APIs that may be used to expose the CNAME while Google has not. Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock Origin, found a way to address the new first-party tracking method in Mozilla Firefox. The extensions would have to uncloak alias hostnames in order to provide the user with information and the ability to do something about it. The main issue from a content blocking perspective is that identification and detection is difficult. a subdomain, are not blocked usuall unless they are known to only serve advertisement.
Some sites started to use canonical name records (CNAMEs) to bypass filters used in content blockers. The issue was first reported ten days ago by user Aeris on the project's official GitHub page.
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