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How does browserleaks detect uBlock blocklists ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by tdTrX@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] your_paranoid_neighbour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

These urls were all blocked by my hosts file, so it seems to trigger something else.

Edit: it didn't do anything it seems, it's all "not detected".

[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hmm, maybe it also monitors for changes to the DOM: cosmetic filtering done by uBlock (to hide/remove containers for these elements)? Something which network filtering by itself cannot do?