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Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10)

From	Marion <marion@facts.com>
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Subject	Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10)
Date	2025-08-29 05:40 +0000
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:23:58 -0700, NFN Smith wrote :


> I notice that PrivacyPossum isn't included here, but I don't think 
> that's an issue. I looked at that briefly recently, and while the 
> anti-fingerprinting aspect is attractive, I didn't see that it did 
> anything useful for me.

Thanks for your excellent updates, where I'll need to respond to each of
the important ones alone and individually as each is a separate topic.

As can be seen in the DIY privacy browser thread, Privacy Possum was
"attempted" but we had problems with VPN extensions on DIY privacy-based
Mozilla browsers (i.e., librefox & mullvad) so we tested the extensions on
Chromium first, where wasn't found so I gave up too early on it early on.

PrivacyPossum
https://github.com/cowlicks/privacypossum
No packages published
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-possum/ommfjecdpepadiafbnidoiggfpbnkfbj
This item is not available

However, Privacy Possum is apparently alive & well for Mozilla browsers.
 <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-possum/>
 Blocks third-party cookies
 Strips referer headers
 Spoofs browser fingerprinting attempts
 Detects and blocks ETag tracking
 Prioritizes making tracking inefficient rather than impossible

As you already astutely noted, there's overlap galore, such as
 a. Trace covers fingerprinting & ETag blocking
 b. Privacy Badger learns and blocks trackers dynamically
 c. uBlock Origin blocks tracking methods with filter lists
 d. Canvas Blocker, CthulhuJs, Font Fingerprint Defender all put together,
    they cover fingerprinting well

While those are direct analogs of what Privacy Possum does, 
 A. ClearURLs removes tracking parameters from URLs, 
    which complements Privacy Possum's goal but isn't a direct match.
 B. Decentraleyes / LocalCDN prevents CDN-based tracking by serving 
    local resources which is not part of Privacy Possum's core.
 C. Location Guard obfuscates geolocation data, which is adjacent 
    to fingerprinting but it's not a Privacy Possum direct match.
 D. WebRTC Control prevents IP leaks via WebRTC, which is important 
    for privacy but also it's not part of Privacy Possum's toolkit.

Given that, I appreciate that you brought up Privacy Possum as I was not
aware (yet) that it was available for Mozilla browsers so it's a win:win.

Much appreciated your valuable input.
I'll take the other concepts one by one when I look up the details.

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uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) D <noreply@dirge.harmsk.com> - 2025-08-23 14:28 -0400
  Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2025-08-24 15:32 +0800
    Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-08-24 01:24 -0700
      Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> - 2025-08-24 09:48 +0100
        Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-24 14:54 +0000
          Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-29 05:40 +0000
        Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-24 17:11 +0100
          Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-24 18:34 +0000
  Re: uBlock Origin 1.65.0 (2025-07-10) wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-08-25 09:53 +0100

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