New Update Ghostery updates

[Parkinsond]

I've not used this for some time, how to users feel it compares to uBlock for example on Firefox?

Using it on Edge; improving; currently has element blocker to hide annoying "detected adblocker" banners.
Now I can use websites not possible to use before, exceeding Brave adblocker which does not permit using such websites even after turning it off.

 

[Sorrento]

Giving it a good try out thanks

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

I've not used this for some time, how to users feel it compares to uBlock for example on Firefox?

uBlock Origin?

There's no comparison.
Even if all of you (not you) use these extensions in the simplest way possible, I refuse to believe that you never need to manually block annoying elements on the web.

It's probably easier to use Ghostery in Firefox than uBoL because this extension lacks a counter for blocked elements.

 

[lokamoka820]

@Nunzio_77 @Parkinsond

I reached out to Ghostery support to clarify the meaning behind the updates displayed in the extension, and this was their reply:

Hi there,
Thanks for reaching out to Ghostery Support.

The "Last update" timestamp refers to our filter lists, which we update daily.

Best regards,
Ghostery Support Team

 

[Nunzio_77]

@Nunzio_77 @Parkinsond

I reached out to Ghostery support to clarify the meaning behind the updates displayed in the extension, and this was their reply:

Thanks! A very good news!

 

[Parkinsond]

@Nunzio_77 @Parkinsond

I reached out to Ghostery support to clarify the meaning behind the updates displayed in the extension, and this was their reply:

And I think there is a room for AI.
I have noticed when visiting the home page of a medical journal two days ago, the cookie notice after appearing disappeared the appeared then disappeared as it was flashing in fractions of second.

 

[Nunzio_77]

And I think there is a room for AI.
I have noticed when visiting the home page of a medical journal two days ago, the cookie notice after appearing disappeared the appeared then disappeared as it was flashing in fractions of second.

These bugs that slow down Chrome's launch are currently being fixed:

Cosmetic matching starts late on Chrome · Issue #3175 · ghostery/ghostery-extension

Using this as a broader class of reported performance problems with Ghostery on Chrome (see Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghostery/comments/1rp0qn4/slow_to_block_immediately_after_opening_the/)...

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Ad-blocking hangs with Chrome Policy Service initialisation · Issue #3367 · ghostery/ghostery-extension

Ghostery extension hangs due to Chrome Policy Service initialization. Policy Service is a subsystem of Chromium for Enterprise customers but it doesn't make sense to hold the non-Enterprise users. ...

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[Parkinsond]

These bugs that slow down Chrome's launch are currently being fixed:

Cosmetic matching starts late on Chrome · Issue #3175 · ghostery/ghostery-extension

Using this as a broader class of reported performance problems with Ghostery on Chrome (see Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghostery/comments/1rp0qn4/slow_to_block_immediately_after_opening_the/)...

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Ad-blocking hangs with Chrome Policy Service initialisation · Issue #3367 · ghostery/ghostery-extension

Ghostery extension hangs due to Chrome Policy Service initialization. Policy Service is a subsystem of Chromium for Enterprise customers but it doesn't make sense to hold the non-Enterprise users. ...

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I could not tell if it is a bug in the process of blocking the cookie notice or it is repeated trials of the notice to escape blocking followed by AI-based reaction until it is finally blocked; the whole process lasts one second.

 

[silversurfer]

Ghostery v10.5.45 (already available for Chrome)

What's Changed​

• chore(pause-assistant): remove FLAG_PAUSE_ASSISTANT flag by @smalluban in #3380
• fix(logger): guard against undefined filter in filter-matched handler by @chrmod in #3375
• feat(errors): expand Sentry tags & update once parameter by @smalluban in #3383
• chore(deps-dev): bump the wdio group with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #3386
• chore(deps-dev): bump web-ext from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0 in the web-ext group by @dependabot[bot] in #3387
• chore(deps): bump @duckduckgo/autoconsent from 14.84.1 to 14.85.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #3389
• chore(deps-dev): bump license-report from 6.8.2 to 6.8.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #3390
• chore(deps): bump tldts-experimental from 7.0.30 to 7.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3391
• chore(deps): bump @sentry/browser from 10.53.1 to 10.55.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3388
• chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 5.5.5 to 5.5.6 in the eslint group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #3385
• fix(config): update browser filter to use array instead of string by @smalluban in #3379
• feat(adblocker): allow disabling individual filters from the logger by @chrmod in #3377
• ci(release): build and upload automation extension zips by @chrmod in #3345
• fix(managed-config): unify trustedDomains managed config model by @smalluban in #3378
• fix(custom-filters): preserve scriptlet arguments at injection time by @chrmod in #3384
• fix(logger): prevent auto-translation by @smalluban in #3395
• fix(custom-filters): guard against DNR dynamic and regex rule limits by @smalluban in #3376
• fix(trackers-preview): add missing Mobile Google SERP selectors by @smalluban in #3397
• Release v10.5.45 by @smalluban in #3396

Release v10.5.45 · ghostery/ghostery-extension

What's Changed chore(pause-assistant): remove FLAG_PAUSE_ASSISTANT flag by @smalluban in #3380 fix(logger): guard against undefined filter in filter-matched handler by @chrmod in #3375 feat(errors...

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