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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny_Fox" data-source="post: 952925" data-attributes="member: 82776">To be honest, for security reasons it is a half baked solution as Gorhill himself admits in this post (<a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2527" target="_blank">link to Github uBlock-issue</a>). There are many ways to execute remote scripts (XMLHTTPrequest, Fetch, Ajax, DOM, etc see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_scripting" target="_blank">link to wikipedia</a>).For protection you should use should hard mode (3rd-party blocking) or disable javascript (block first-party and in-line scripts). This requires even more fiddling than medium mode, so not a suitable solution for the average user.I like the solution of Kees1958 by blocking 3rd-party and NOOP-ing some Top Level Domains. This also has a large hole in it, but requires way less fiddling.Medium mode vs Kees1958 easy-hard mode (<a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/ublock0rigin-in-medium-mode-for-lighter-and-stronger-protection-with-less-websites-breakage-and-hassle.93311/page-6#post-951098" target="_blank">link to easy-hard mode post</a>)[ATTACH=full]259903[/ATTACH]When you compare medium mode with Kees1958 easy hard mode, than medium is driving around in a car with your front doors locked (but back doors unlocked). ery time you want to get in or out you have to manually unlock your doors. With Easy-hard mode all your doors are locked when you drive in strange countries, but doors are open when you drive in the countries you normally visit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lenny_Fox, post: 952925, member: 82776"] To be honest, for security reasons it is a half baked solution as Gorhill himself admits in this post ([URL='https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2527']link to Github uBlock-issue[/URL]). There are many ways to execute remote scripts (XMLHTTPrequest, Fetch, Ajax, DOM, etc see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_scripting']link to wikipedia[/URL]). For protection you should use should hard mode (3rd-party blocking) or disable javascript (block first-party and in-line scripts). This requires even more fiddling than medium mode, so not a suitable solution for the average user. I like the solution of Kees1958 by blocking 3rd-party and NOOP-ing some Top Level Domains. This also has a large hole in it, but requires way less fiddling. Medium mode vs Kees1958 easy-hard mode ([URL='https://malwaretips.com/threads/ublock0rigin-in-medium-mode-for-lighter-and-stronger-protection-with-less-websites-breakage-and-hassle.93311/page-6#post-951098']link to easy-hard mode post[/URL]) [ATTACH type="full" alt="1627541210673.png"]259903[/ATTACH] When you compare medium mode with Kees1958 easy hard mode, than medium is driving around in a car with your front doors locked (but back doors unlocked). ery time you want to get in or out you have to manually unlock your doors. With Easy-hard mode all your doors are locked when you drive in strange countries, but doors are open when you drive in the countries you normally visit. [/QUOTE]

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