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Using NextDNS here.TarikuOkami relies on ad- and tracker blocking on DNS level.
View: Question - NextDNS/ControlD vs Quad9, AV Web Protection
Using NextDNS here.TarikuOkami relies on ad- and tracker blocking on DNS level.
View: Question - NextDNS/ControlD vs Quad9, AV Web Protection
Judging by this rule number and the number used rule used for filters in the picture in your other comment, have you enabled the "Disable generic cosmetic filters" option in uBO?25,973 + 53 My filters
Yes because I've never used them.Judging by this rule number and the number used rule used for filters in the picture in your other comment, have you enabled the "Disable generic cosmetic filters" option in uBO?
No performance impact that I notice. This setting was one of a number advised by @SpyNetGirl in her hardening thread.I guess it would be for Microsoft Defender to skip executables which hash has not been changed. Did you notice a difference?
Via powershell command.Did you enabled it through GPO or registry (link) ?
Yes, I know. In your post #217 you wrote: "I'm using mostly tracker blocking like @TairikuOkami" As I said, he relies on Next DNS. Besides that he only uses the browser built-in blocking but not any blocking extension. You're using uBO. That's a significant difference. Is the Medium Mode option in uBO your motive?Using NextDNS here.
I realize that. I didn't say it was the same as @TairikuOkami's.You're using uBO. That's a significant difference.
Yes. I'm taking advantage of Kees1958 list but using this setup in my own fashion.Is the Medium Mode option in uBO your motive?
That's alright. Gorhill and Adguard don't like generic cosmetic filters either, especially for Annoyance filters. But I notice that in your two annoyance filters there's barely any rule that's not generic. For example, "I don't care about cookies", only 1,355 out of 25,608 are being used meaning only the used ones are not generic. This indicates that the filter is almost entirely generic filter based and might not be very helpful. That's not a good thing since generic filters have performance impact (Though I don't notice in real life). So not sure how effective it is in your config. On the other hand, Adguard Annoyance (Optimized) is the reverse. They have only 1K+ generic filters out of 38K rules. So, 37k is in use even when generic cosmetic filters are disabled.Yes because I've never used them.
I'm also curious if there's any benefit of adding this. Does it really help in anyway? Maybe it's mainly for MD Endpoint products.I guess it would be for Microsoft Defender to skip executables which hash has not been changed. Did you notice a difference?
For the record, I am using only NextDNS, no browser built-in blocking, that is disabled for privacy reasons, just like smartscreen and etc.Besides that he only uses the browser built-in blocking but not any blocking extension.
Sorry. I didn't interpret well your remark "along with OS/browser mitigations" in your post Question - NextDNS/ControlD vs Quad9, AV Web ProtectionFor the record, I am using only NextDNS, no browser built-in blocking, that is disabled for privacy reasons, just like smartscreen and etc.
You're welcome. These filters don't claim to be as good as the BypassPaywalls extension but are OK for my purposes.Thanks for you anti-paywall filters.
My purpose in using this light list Medium mode is so I'm in full control, can easily noop sites as needed, and don't have to deal with breakage from filters. I even downsized my NextDNS fitlers to disguised 3rd party tracker blocking only.However, the only time I really need to disable uBlock is on ecommerce sites, they can get a bit funny with tracker blocking and I find NextDns is the same that you need to disable it to use some ecommerce sites.
You can slimming your uBO-setup a little bit by activating the lists of Dan Pollock and Peter Lowe in NextDNS.Based in part on the above discussion I re-did my µBO medium mode setup once again to stay closer to @Kees1958 original intention behind his 3rd party filter lists, so I removed more filter lists.
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My total now stands @ 22,349 Network filters + 58 My filters. Hope you're well Kees!
Blocking connections via extensions is not a bad idea. Things that are blocked by extensions actually stops DNS queries from happening in the first place. But the benefit of using something like NextDNS is that all the blocking is happening on their servers, there is no performance overhead on your own device. So the combination of Extension + DNS is better IMO.My purpose in using this light list Medium mode is so I'm in full control, can easily noop sites as needed, and don't have to deal with breakage from filters. I even downsized my NextDNS fitlers to disguised 3rd party tracker blocking only.
Possibly still true even though VS' performance has improved, though I don't really notice a difference with or without it so far. I'm running it in relaxed Autpilot mode as this was a clean install/upgrade to the new CyberLock. I'm quite happy with Defender + SAC since I've commited to its whitelisting limitations but I'll see how it goes with VS.I have also noticed this (MD being faster)