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uBlock Origin 1.25 Now Blocks Cloaked First-Party Scripts, Firefox Only
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<blockquote data-quote="silversurfer" data-source="post: 862085" data-attributes="member: 26718"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ublock-origin-125-now-blocks-cloaked-first-party-scripts-firefox-only/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>On February 19th, 2020, uBlock Origin 1.2.5 was released and allows the ad blocker to block these cloaked tracking scripts by performing a DNS lookup before loading them.</p><p></p><p>If the subdomain is a CNAME to a third-party host, then uBlock Origin will block the script from loading.</p><p></p><p>When cloaked first-party trackers are blocked, they will appear in the log as blue entries with the uncloaked domain shown underneath in a smaller font.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/dns" target="_blank">DNS API</a> that allows DNS lookups is only available for Firefox, so Chrome users are out of luck and cannot take advantage of this feature. [....]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silversurfer, post: 862085, member: 26718"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ublock-origin-125-now-blocks-cloaked-first-party-scripts-firefox-only/[/URL] On February 19th, 2020, uBlock Origin 1.2.5 was released and allows the ad blocker to block these cloaked tracking scripts by performing a DNS lookup before loading them. If the subdomain is a CNAME to a third-party host, then uBlock Origin will block the script from loading. When cloaked first-party trackers are blocked, they will appear in the log as blue entries with the uncloaked domain shown underneath in a smaller font. Unfortunately, the [URL='https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/dns']DNS API[/URL] that allows DNS lookups is only available for Firefox, so Chrome users are out of luck and cannot take advantage of this feature. [....] [/QUOTE]
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