Being driven mad by "that" popup?

[GTP]

Are you annoyed at the incessant "Sign in with Google" box that pops up on just about every website?

If you are running uBlock Origin (and if you're not then why?) then open the uBlock interface > click on the gears > go to "My Filters" and add these two lines.

! Block "Sign in with Google" iframe in top right corner of websites
||accounts.google.com/gsi/iframe

Or if you want to be more heavy handed replace "iframe" with an asterisk (*)

! Block "Sign in with Google" iframe in top right corner of websites
||accounts.google.com/gsi/*

You can add both on separate lines too.

Dont forget to enable all the options under "Cookie Notices," "Social Widgets" and "Annoyances" in the "Filter Lists" section as well.
Scroll down and you'll see them.

Click "Apply or "Update Now" (which will apply and update)

And of course if you want Google to track you, see what you're doing while you're logged in to that site and log your sign in activity then just temporarily disable uBlock for that site.

Thank you Steve Gibson, life just got so much sweeter!

 

[xrobwx71]

Except for chrome users.

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun

Time to switch to uBlock Lite or another ad blocker.

www.theverge.com

 

[GTP]

Except for chrome users.

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun

Time to switch to uBlock Lite or another ad blocker.

www.theverge.com

In another thread I linked to a reg file that Steve Gibson created so that Chrome (and chrome based browsers) users could use it on Chrome indefinitely. (Or at least till Google stop that too!)

Link here.

Why not switch to another better browser instead?? Librewolf? Firefox? Mullvad?
All better than Chrome (Not just my opinion.)

You can get the full story from https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm/995 for show notes or watch the video here if you don't want to read the show notes.

 

[frase]

@GTP I am actually using Librewolf and is a decent fast browser.

 

[GTP]

@GTP I am actually using Librewolf and is a decent fast browser

One of the things I like is that I can use Quad9 or Cloudflare's or any other DNS server.
I have mine locked down pretty well with a nice collection of extensions including, uBlock Origin, ClearURL's, Decentralize, Opt-Out for Analytics, UntrackME and Emsisoft Browser Security.
Fast, safe and very stable. And Number 1 for being the "most private" browser, although Librewolf in this list is a couple of versions old now.

 

[xrobwx71]

I'm thinking about implementing this in my home.

If you're mad Google is killing your favorite ad blocker, the only solution is one nobody can ever take away from you

By spending a small amount of cash, you can have a network-wide ad blocker that nobody can kill off.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Sky-Knight]

And... for the 5,000th time... Because it keeps not being heard.

Modern browsers all have DoH and DoT support, Chrome in particular tends to use the former and hard pins DNS resolution for Google related things, just like it does for Google related certificates.

What does that mean?

It means DNS based filtration dies, at the flick of a switch.

The only way to avoid this is to use a browser that doesn't suck, fortunately... we have many.

Mozilla is walking the dark road too it seems, that leaves the door wide open for someone new. They don't even have to make a new engine, just another Chromium browser.

This would be a great time for Microsoft to gain market share... and they're being oddly quiet. Their publicly vaunted Privacy Principles do not allow this sort of thing, that is unless they can show a clear benefit for the user.

Data Protection with Microsoft Privacy Principles | Microsoft Trust Center

Microsoft Trust Center can help protect data privacy of organizations through contractual agreements and by providing user control and transparency

www.microsoft.com

I won't be holding my breath... but there will be something from the FOSS community that will make enough of a dent to halt this BS at some point along the way.

Who's up for browser wars 3.0?

 

[GTP]

I'm thinking about implementing this in my home.

If you're mad Google is killing your favorite ad blocker, the only solution is one nobody can ever take away from you

By spending a small amount of cash, you can have a network-wide ad blocker that nobody can kill off.

www.windowscentral.com

Nice option but quicker, easier and far cheaper to just ditch Chrome (and Chromium based browsers) for something else imo.

UnGoogled would be an option, but the problem is that Google control the code in all Chromium based browsers so they can dictate terms of use.

Comply or die...

 

[GTP]

Interesting to note:
Librewolf DOES NOT support DoH by default You can enable it as an option in about:config but not enabled "out of the box."
I cannot find any reference to "DoT support" in Librewolf so I can only assume it does not have that support "built in."

 

[Sky-Knight]

Interesting to note:
Librewolf DOES NOT support DoH by default You can enable it as an option in about:config but not enabled "out of the box."
I cannot find any reference to "DoT support" in Librewolf so I can only assume it does not have that support "built in."

DoT, is DNS over TLS

That's part of the TCP/IP protocol stack, there is nothing to "enable" it can just use it. "DoH" is DNS over HTTPs, that's proxied a bit so you have to deal with it in special ways. DoT is harder to control from a user perspective, DoH is harder to detect on the network.

I've found some discussion on Reddit about Manifest v2 to v3, and v3 improves security in several key ways. Google in its browser has disabled the ability to block URLs requested. Microsoft has said they won't be following this process, Mozilla has said the same. Apparently Manifest v2 and v3 are generic APIs with cross browser compatibility.

In the midst of that conversation I found a few voices indicating that v3 was an objective improvement, and that via appropriate modifications the plugins can perform the same functionality.

I don't know enough about software development in this space to validate this information on my own. But I suppose it's an easy enough test is to simply wait, we'll either get working ad blocking plugins or we won't. And assuming we won't, there will be browsers out there that do allow for the appropriate controls.

Time will tell!