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[Question] firefox based browsers ETP (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ETP - Enhanced Tracking Protection

Any difference between ETP on strict mode, or custom mode with all options turned on?
If i use custom mode with tracking content disabled and the other options enabled, and rely on my hosts file to block ads, am i good?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Host based blocking can never be as complete as blocking inside your browser and there is no way around that. The reason is that host based blocking falls short where tracking content and ads are served from the same hostname as the actual content. Furthermore, some tracking hosts might be whitelisted because just blocking them would break functionality.

I personally use uBlock Origin with ETP at its default setting, which works well for me without breakage, but judging from your post you might be looking for a solution without browser extensions. The ETP tracking protection is supposed to block tracking, sometimes without letting the website know that it’s disabled, by replacing the tracking code with dummy code. On strict mode you run more risk of things breaking, similar to how strict host based blocking breaks some websites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have UBO (only addon installed), with default settings, and all filter lists disabled (because of system wide hosts).
Not sure if it is doing anything helpful...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Without filter lists and no custom filters it doesn’t do anything helpful.