Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-09 Thread Elrippo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Try squid, privoxy and polipo. On 09. Juni 2014 21:18:04 MESZ, Antonio Z wrote: >I understand that it is not necessary, but I believe that making your >own ad blocking software would bring more people to tor. It does not >even have to come with the

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-10 Thread Anders Andersson
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Antonio Z wrote: > I understand that it is not necessary, but I believe that making your > own ad blocking software would bring more people to tor. It does not > even have to come with the bundle. It could just be an optional add on > called, Tor Ad blocker. > > Ina

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-10 Thread Antonio Z
I did not think that Adblock was trustable considering how an extension can bypass Tor. On 6/10/14, Anders Andersson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Antonio Z wrote: >> I understand that it is not necessary, but I believe that making your >> own ad blocking software would bring more peo

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-10 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 6/10/2014 2:27 PM, Antonio Z wrote: I did not think that Adblock was trustable considering how an extension can bypass Tor. Good question. I've never sniffed ABP activities to see what it does when installed in TBB. From memory, it shouldn't be phoning home, except to get updates. Don't

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-10 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:49:01 +0200 Anders Andersson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Antonio Z wrote: > > I understand that it is not necessary, but I believe that making your > > own ad blocking software would bring more people to tor. It does not > > even have to come with the bundle.

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-10 Thread Mirimir
On 06/10/2014 10:55 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:49:01 +0200 > Anders Andersson wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Antonio Z wrote: >>> I understand that it is not necessary, but I believe that making your >>> own ad blocking software would bring more people to tor.

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-11 Thread Antonio Z
I agree with Mirmir, but I would still be more comfortable if it was made by Tor. On 6/11/14, Mirimir wrote: > On 06/10/2014 10:55 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:49:01 +0200 >> Anders Andersson wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Antonio Z >>> wrote: I underst

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-11 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 6/11/2014 12:50 AM, Mirimir wrote: Yes indeed. So why doesn't TBB include AdBlock? In my experience, unlike NoScript, AdBlock Plus rarely breaks sites. Reductions in site loading time are dramatic. And then there's the privacy benefit. The reason given in the past by Tor Project leaders, was

Re: [tor-talk] Ad Blocking Software

2014-06-11 Thread Mirimir
On 06/11/2014 11:42 AM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > On 6/11/2014 12:50 AM, Mirimir wrote: >> Yes indeed. So why doesn't TBB include AdBlock? In my experience, >> unlike NoScript, AdBlock Plus rarely breaks sites. Reductions in site >> loading time are dramatic. And then there's the privacy benefit. > The