New Update uBlock Origin update thread

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Full changelog can be found here:

Release 1.31.0 · gorhill/uBlock

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New:

Click-to-load​

Support to replace embedded frames with a click-to-load widget. Examples of usage:

||youtube.com/embed/$3p,frame,redirect=click2load.html
||scribd.com/embeds/$3p,frame,redirect=click2load.html
||player.vimeo.com/video/$3p,frame,redirect=click2load.html

To install the stable build:

• Firefox: Review pending
  • uBO works best on Firefox.
• Chromium: Submission pending
  • For Chromium version 54 and older, it is necessary to enable "Experimental JavaScript" at chrome://flags/#enable-javascript-harmony.
• Edge: Submission pending
  • The Microsoft Store version of uBO is published by Nik Rolls
• Opera: Submission pending

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin 1.32.0 released:

To install the stable build:

• Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.32.0.firefox.signed.xpi
  • uBO works best on Firefox.
• Chromium: Submission pending
  • For Chromium version 54 and older, it is necessary to enable "Experimental JavaScript" at chrome://flags/#enable-javascript-harmony.
• Edge: Install from Microsoft Store: Microsoft Edge Addons
  • The Microsoft Store version of uBO is published by Nik Rolls
• Opera: Submission pending

New:​

Ability to launch element picker into embedded frames, through a new "Block element in frame..." entry in the contextual menu.

Support for match-case filter option, but only for regex-based static network filters.

Ability to auto-complete (Ctrl-Spacebar) hostname values for origin-related options in static filter editor according to currently opened tabs.

Changes:​

Dynamic filtering​

Noop-ing a blocked 3rd-party cell will cause uBO to immediately attempt to reload blocked stylesheets, if any. This will also occurs when the noop-ing is done through the "relax blocking mode" shortcut, in which case uBO will no longer force a reload the whole page. You can restore the previous behavior by modifying the advanced setting blockingProfiles.

Release 1.32.0 · gorhill/uBlock

Commits to master since this release Commits since last release To install the stable build: Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.32.0.firefox.signed.xpi uBO works best on Firefox. Chromium: Install from t...

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[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin 1.32.2 released:

To install the stable build:

• Firefox: Review pending
  • uBO works best on Firefox.
• Chromium: Submission pending
  • For Chromium version 54 and older, it is necessary to enable "Experimental JavaScript" at chrome://flags/#enable-javascript-harmony.
• Edge: Install from Microsoft Store: Microsoft Edge Addons
  • The Microsoft Store version of uBO is published by Nik Rolls
• Opera: Submission pending

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Closed as fixed:​

Core​

• queryprune incorrectly handles (removes) "hash" part of the URL

Notable commits without en entry in the issue tracker​

• Allow default word selection when not using better selection
• Better handle Request argument in no-fetch-if

Release 1.32.2 · gorhill/uBlock

Commits to master since this release Commits since last release To install the stable build: Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.32.2.firefox.signed.xpi uBO works best on Firefox. Chromium: Install from t...

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[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.32.4 Released (December 29, 2020)

Closed as fixed:
Problems with asterisk in the destination of hostname-based rules

Download - v1.32.2 - Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.31.2 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.31.0 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.32.4 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.33.0 Released (January 29, 2021)

New
Many new managed storage properties to make it easier for administrators to configure uBO through policies -- see related documentation.

Closed as fixed:
Firefox

• click2load.html fails to load CNAME-3p frames after click on tagesschau.de

Core

• Only filtered part of rules is uploaded to cloud storage
• remove-attr does not always work
• Add AdGuard's noopvmap-1.0 equivalent as a redirect resource
• Using an alias for custom scriptlet in my Filters pane is seen as invalid
• Third party is not detected (or not exposed to the user)

Notable commits without en entry in the issue tracker

• Add any-delay to timeout/interval boosters
• Improve neutered adsbygoogle scriptlet
• Expand managed storage for admins:
  • Add userSettings entry to managed storage
  • Add toOverwrite.filters entry as managed storage property
  • Add toOverwrite.filterLists property to managed storage
  • Adding to and further reviewing admin-managed settings
  • Add support for admin-managed hidden settings
• Add ability to lookup effective context from store of frames
• Just extract token from queryprune -- don't create pattern
• Fix word-based selection in filter list editor/viewer
• Fix potentially missing context in logger for popup entries
• Improve extraction of tokens from regex-based filters
• Upgrade CodeMirror library to 5.59.0 (from 5.46.0)

Download - v1.32.4 - Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.32.4 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.32.4 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.32.4 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.33.2 Released (February 1, 2021)

Closed as fixed:

• After downgrading to 1.32.4, uBO is broken
• Whitelisting a site on Chromium Edge still blocks resources fetched by service worker

Download - v1.33.2 - Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.32.4 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.32.4 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.33.0 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.34.0 Released (March 10, 2021)

Closed as fixed:​

• Picker glitch with elements with special characters in their tag name
• Expose CNAME-uncloaking as a Privacy option in the Settings pane
• Impossible to add explicit exception for implicit strict blocking
• Invalid network filters suggested in element picker
• Use +/- in the popup to indicate whether 3-p frames were blocked

Notable commits without en entry in the issue tracker​

• Fix no-scripting switch not working for SVG-based documents
• Upgrade CodeMirror to 5.59.2
• Fix 'adsbygoogle' neutered script
• Inject procedural cosmetic filterer's code only when needed

Download - v1.33.2 - Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.33.2 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.33.2 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.33.2 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

 

[HarborFront]

Difference between FF and Chrome version of uBO v1.34.0

Firefox has Uncloak canonical names

Uncloak canonical names grayed out in Chrome

 

[Lenny_Fox]

I initially used the format website.com^ to block a website (also because this was used in the AdGuard filters and I thought it was good practise). Because thi did nt seem to work consistantly, I replaced the ^ with $all parameter from uBO which AG also digested correctly (in UBO it had the advantage that it also blocked popunders when using $all).

Now this bug is fixed Impossible to add explicit exception for implicit strict blocking · Issue #1501 · uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues

I finally understand why some of my rules did not work in uBO. with uBO facilitating the removeparam from AG (paid) and using Edge anti-tracking in default (which blocks cookies), AG block cookie's advantage is not so relevant anymore, therefor I am tempted to change from AG to uBO again. mhhh maybe this weekend

Note:
uBlockOrigin has a scriptlet called cookie-remover. This is still under development. Last time I checked, it did not actually remove the cookies, but set an expiration date in the past (which makes the cookie inactive/harmless) and I only managed to delete cookies from the main domain (the one you seen in address bar). Maybe it was my lack of knowledge or the lack of documentation (it is still in development, so maybe they don't want people to use it yet). so UBO's cookie-remover scriptlet is not up to par with AG''s $cookie option (AG's cookie is also easier to use as it follows regular AdBlock syntax).

 

[JB007]

Is this issue yet solved ?

Advice Request - Kaspersky blocks gitcdn.link ; Is it a false positive ?

Hello, I just discovered that Kaspersky blocked "gitcdn.link". Here Bitdefender détecte sans cesse un Malware I discovered an explanation, "gitcdn.link" is related to github.com and µBlockOrigin. If this is a false positive what can I do ? " Explications du créateur : Schme16 Yo! I'm the...

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[blackice]

Is this issue yet solved ?

Advice Request - Kaspersky blocks gitcdn.link ; Is it a false positive ?

Hello, I just discovered that Kaspersky blocked "gitcdn.link". Here Bitdefender détecte sans cesse un Malware I discovered an explanation, "gitcdn.link" is related to github.com and µBlockOrigin. If this is a false positive what can I do ? " Explications du créateur : Schme16 Yo! I'm the...

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It wasn’t a couple days ago for Bitdefender. Both .xyz and .link were still being blocked. The gitcdn creator said .xyz should be fixed, but I still got certificate errors. I just said forget it and switched to AdGuard.

 

[JB007]

It wasn’t a couple days ago for Bitdefender. Both .xyz and .link were still being blocked. The gitcdn creator said .xyz should be fixed, but I still got certificate errors. I just said forget it and switched to AdGuard.

Now I'm also using Adguard and it works very fine, I think it provides me the same level of protection than µBlock.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

uBO and AG are both good choices. I like AG because they also maintain and optimize blocklists while uBO is more focussed to raw rules processing. A lot people like the idea to have the fastest adblocker and have the largest blocklist (my IP black hole is bigger than yours), but it makes more sense to use optimized filter sets and let your browser and DNS do the malicious URL blocking, so IMO uBO is more efficient while AG is more effective.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

So, the solution uBlock Origin with AdGuard's optimized filters is more efficient and more effective.
Best of two worlds?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.35.0 Released (April 21, 2021)

New
New filtering ability to remove specific response headers from document resources. Example:

example.com##^responseheader(refresh)

Only the following response headers are allowed to be removed, anything else will cause the filter to be invalid and discarded:

• location
• refresh
• report-to
• set-cookie

Chromium-based browsers
Google's FLoC is defused by default. Websites will be able to use the FLoC API (only if already present), but will be unable to get a result from it -- uBO causes the API to always fail as if there was no FLoC data available.

Release 1.35.0 · gorhill/uBlock

Commits to master since this release Commits since last release To install the stable build: Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.35.0.firefox.signed.xpi uBO works best on Firefox. Chromium: Install from t...

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Download - v1.35.0- Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.34.0 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.33.2 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.34.0 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

So, the solution uBlock Origin with AdGuard's optimized filters is more efficient and more effective.
Best of two worlds?

Yes when you want your adblocking all done in one application with uBO's own privacy list and my extra security list

Spoiler: Best of both worlds

Actually this is the best of two maintainers. Brave (Fanboy) puts a lot of effort in maintaining Easylist main filers. So by using Adguard's optimized Easy list filters, you will have the best maintained filterset available.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.35.0 Released (April 21, 2021)

Release 1.35.0 · gorhill/uBlock

Commits to master since this release Commits since last release To install the stable build: Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.35.0.firefox.signed.xpi uBO works best on Firefox. Chromium: Install from t...

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Download - v1.35.0- Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.34.0 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.33.2 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.35.0 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

In my Edge the extension just got the update to the latest version 1.35.0.
Couldn't update that post anymore...
Only Firefox and Edge have the latest version now.

 

[Arequire]

Google's FLoC is defused by default. Websites will be able to use the FLoC API (only if already present), but will be unable to get a result from it -- uBO causes the API to always fail as if there was no FLoC data available.

I wonder if this will be the same response the FLoC API will receive when using the official opt-out method for FLoC, and whether ad-tech companies will be able to use this and/or FLoC's official opt-out status as another characteristic to gather by fingerprinters.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

uBlock Origin v1.35.2 Released

Closed as fixed:
Firefox 66.0 and earlier.

• Element picker, zapper and procedural filtering not working on facebook.com

Notable commits without en entry in the issue tracker

• Better handle network error when fetching sublist
• Stop autoplay for unset media source with no-large-media-elements
• Use CDN URLs as fall back URLs

Release 1.35.2 · gorhill/uBlock

Commits to master since this release Commits since last release To install the stable build: Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.35.2.firefox.signed.xpi uBO works best on Firefox. Chromium: Install from t...

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Download - v1.35.0 - Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.34.0 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.33.2 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.35.0 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

Thanks @mood and @plat1098 for posting this at Wilders

 

[The_King]

uBlock Origin v1.35.2 Released

Release 1.35.2 · gorhill/uBlock

Commits to master since this release Commits since last release To install the stable build: Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.35.2.firefox.signed.xpi uBO works best on Firefox. Chromium: Install from t...

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Download - v1.35.0 - Firefox (AMO)
Download - v1.34.0 - Chrome (Web Store)
Download - v1.33.2 - Opera (Opera Addons)
Download - v1.35.0 - Edge (Microsoft Edge Addons)
It will take some time until the new version will be available on AMO, Chrome Web Store, etc.

Thanks @mood and @plat1098 for posting this at Wilders

uBlock Origin v1.35.2 fails to install In Firefox because its not signed.
I rather not try to bypass this feature and will wait.

However if someone wants to bypass this:
1.about:config
2.xpinstall.signatures.required set to false