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<blockquote data-quote="iam-py-test" data-source="post: 967791" data-attributes="member: 93775"><p>It is recommended you enable cosmetic filtering on _all_ websites, as it is part of how uBlock Origin blocks ads. Disabling it leaves you vulnerable to ads and malware</p><p></p><p>This breaks many websites</p><p></p><p>There are two problems with this:</p><p>- uBlock Origin's own filterlists and the AdGuard filters were _never_ designed to be used on their own; they should be used with EasyList and EasyPrivacy</p><p>- Fewer developers does not mean more secure, and only trusted developers are allowed to directly edit _any_ of those filters. For all of these, every commit is logged and any abuse would be detected.</p><p></p><p>Easylist is not an 'open community' - only the Easylist maintainers can edit the filters, and in terms of Pull Requests, there is pretty much the same policy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iam-py-test, post: 967791, member: 93775"] It is recommended you enable cosmetic filtering on _all_ websites, as it is part of how uBlock Origin blocks ads. Disabling it leaves you vulnerable to ads and malware This breaks many websites There are two problems with this: - uBlock Origin's own filterlists and the AdGuard filters were _never_ designed to be used on their own; they should be used with EasyList and EasyPrivacy - Fewer developers does not mean more secure, and only trusted developers are allowed to directly edit _any_ of those filters. For all of these, every commit is logged and any abuse would be detected. Easylist is not an 'open community' - only the Easylist maintainers can edit the filters, and in terms of Pull Requests, there is pretty much the same policy. [/QUOTE]
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