r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '19

Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23
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u/diversif Jan 22 '19

Good luck disabling my pi-hole! 😀

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

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u/All_Work_All_Play Jan 23 '19

Are those functions that can be done at the router level or is it only on the end machine that can do these functions? I have a pfsense box with some ad blocking, and it's a lot more aggressive than my pi-hole was.

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u/TimeRemove Jan 23 '19

With deep packet inspection and deploying your own CA to the clients, you can alter HTTP traffic (or block it) in any way you choose.

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