Andrew Lewman: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 05:18:18 -0400 (EDT) > Alice Anderson <foxacidprob...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Why you have HTTPSEverywhere and Noscript by default but not >> Adblockplus on TBB package? it really helps and blcok major tracking >> companies like Google Facebook ... Tor is not perfect, as almost all >> web pages have inserted at least one of these trackers on their >> page's source, one mistake is enough to compromise our privacy. >> Adblock solve this problem by just blocking these third parties. >> another danger of these third parties is FoxAcid codes! Facebook >> button is the best place for FoxAcid calls. please insert adblock by >> default on TBB package, if not explain why? > > Adblock whitelists certain advertising companies and ads themselves: > > See https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads and > http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2280451/Google-Paying-to-Have-Ads-Whitelisted-on-AdBlock-Plus > > See #5 under > https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#philosophy > > "No filters > > Site-specific or filter-based addons such as AdBlock Plus, Request > Policy, Ghostery, Priv3, and Sharemenot are to be avoided. We believe > that these addons do not add any real privacy to a proper > implementation of the above privacy requirements, and that development > efforts should be focused on general solutions that prevent tracking by > all third parties, rather than a list of specific URLs or hosts. > > Filter-based addons can also introduce strange breakage and cause > usability nightmares, and will also fail to do their job if an > adversary simply registers a new domain or creates a new url path. > Worse still, the unique filter sets that each user creates or installs > will provide a wealth of fingerprinting targets. > > As a general matter, we are also generally opposed to shipping an > always-on Ad blocker with Tor Browser. We feel that this would damage > our credibility in terms of demonstrating that we are providing privacy > through a sound design alone, as well as damage the acceptance of Tor > users by sites that support themselves through advertising revenue. > > Users are free to install these addons if they wish, but doing so is > not recommended, as it will alter the browser request fingerprint. " > >
It's trivial to turn-off their whitelist, but that still leaves a AdBlock that doesn't really block ads . . . -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk