Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk
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@raed Ditto uMatrix:
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Ditto nano Adblocker
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@raed Teehee, thanks... yes i had been unintentionally lax there hadn't i? Now:
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Strict HTTPS: forbid mixed content, i'm nervous about that one now that i've set it, coz maybe some important sites i routinely use might break? What's been your experience in that regard? -
@raed https://www.etheltheardvaarkgoesquantitysurveying.com
Mind you other sites i use are much less racy than that.
Spoiler
Not a real site. Duh.
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@raed said in Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk:
uMatrix
...is simply wonderful. I was so pleased i discovered it, whenever it was, way back when.
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@raed said in Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk:
I haven't had any issues
Well bummer, my first casualty: https://somafm.com/player/#/all-stations
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@raed said in Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk:
@Catweazle
I had a look at your favourite extensions link in your signature.
You can use uMatrix to block scripts instead of Scritpjager.
What you need to do is disable scripts globally in uMatrix, and enable on specific sites you need scripts to run on:
1-Click on the global scoop (*).
2- block all scripts.
3- Save new settings.You don't need to run a dedicated script blocker extension, since uMatrix does the same thing.
I use Privacy Badger. The list of extensions in my signature is a collaborative file in GDocs, editable for all, it is thought to make available to all a list with the best extensions that work in Vivaldi, to facilitate an eventual Vivaldi app store in the future.
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@raed Ta - but i've been fighting it since i posted. So far i can only make it stream again if i untick that mixed content global setting, sadly. Yes, i have of course allowed scripts on it. Is there no way in uMatrix that i can retain the global block on mixed content, but then allow it on a specific site basis? Surely there must be & i am overlooking it?
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@raed Agreed, but thanks all the same for trying. For now i have kept scripts blocked globally, allowed them on specific sites, & unfortunately reverted to unticking
Strict HTTPS: forbid mixed content. Pity... but i can't do without my music, teehee. -
@raed
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@raed Fab fab fab! Very well done to you, & thanks!!
Now i am feeling like a massive moron, coz in previous months & years i HAD explored those three dots, seen what could be done there... but subsequently i utterly forgot about that part of the uM UI. Last night when i was trying to solve this, i had a persistent nagging thought in my mind that i kinda sorta remembered that the UI did support that level of individual site granularity, but i nonetheless continually "failed to notice" the dots. Gahhhhh... but thanks again. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:
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Disturbing news to read but happy that you can block it with uBlock or similar.
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@npro said in Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk:
Disturbing news to read but happy that you can block it with uBlock or similar.
I went to Vivaldi flags and "Disabled" Hyperlink auditing to do this and checked by looking at Help,About and under Command Lines it says, no-pings. So I think that would stop it. if any site actually uses it is another question.
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@stpvid1 Enjoy it whilst you can. From the article:
Google Chrome also enables this tracking feature by default, but in the current Chrome 73 version it includes a "Hyperlink auditing" flag that can be used to disable it from the chrome://flags URL.

In the Chrome 74 Beta and Chrome 75 Canary builds, though, this flag has been removed and there is no way to disable hyperlink auditing. -
@Steffie said in Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk:
@stpvid1 Enjoy it whilst you can. From the article:
Google Chrome also enables this tracking feature by default, but in the current Chrome 73 version it includes a "Hyperlink auditing" flag that can be used to disable it from the chrome://flags URL.

In the Chrome 74 Beta and Chrome 75 Canary builds, though, this flag has been removed and there is no way to disable hyperlink auditing.Well then just don't use the newest versions of chromium...until they work out a solution to this hyperlink problem
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@stpvid1 Alas your remark implies a possibility that you wholly misunderstood my post. I simply reminded you that your flag-method will vanish as soon as V gets that next C version. Fortunately, as earlier posts above clearly outline, a couple of excellent Extensions fully retain our protection. I very much was neither complaining, nor interested in locking in to older chromium versions.
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Looks like they will be forced to rethink things a little
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hyperlink-auditing-pings-being-used-to-perform-ddos-attacks/ -
@Dr-Flay said in Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk:
Looks like they will be forced to rethink things a little
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hyperlink-auditing-pings-being-used-to-perform-ddos-attacks/so we shouldn't just let them do this, more people should tell Chromium to eliminate pinging altogether so its not an issue.
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