Block HTTP pings and third-party fonts.

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 94d3e2763a0e30bbf3781c249599d1b79fe7167e..d65613d963d8d3a7065da9cf86302832124f5e20 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+v4
+• Block all HTTP ping requests.
+• Block all third-party fonts.
+• Update the README with the new URLs.
+• Update the copyright dates to be 2018-2019,2021-2024.
+

 v3
 • Block `connect.facebook`, which is used by their public API for websites to allow Facebook to spy on users.
 • Update the homepage URL.
 • Refactor the CHANGELOG.
 • Update the README with the new GitWeb and clone URLs.
 v3
 • Block `connect.facebook`, which is used by their public API for websites to allow Facebook to spy on users.
 • Update the homepage URL.
 • Refactor the CHANGELOG.
 • Update the README with the new GitWeb and clone URLs.

-• Update the copyright dates to be © 2018-2019,2021-2022.
+• Update the copyright dates to be 2018-2019,2021-2022.

 
 v2
 • Block `googletagservices`, which is a companion to EasyPrivacy's `googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?`.
 
 v2
 • Block `googletagservices`, which is a companion to EasyPrivacy's `googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?`.

diff --git a/README b/README
index d76dd6c5969c9c7eb19304d583f4c8ab2f68d64f..548d983ac9cb00531646c0c091ef5cfcf46004ba 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-UltraPrivacy copyright © 2018-2019,2021-2022 Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.
+UltraPrivacy copyright 2018-2019,2021-2024 Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>.

 
 

-https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/blocklists/ultraprivacy/
+https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/filter-lists/ultraprivacy/

 
 

-UltraPrivacy is a blocklist based on the Adblock syntax maintained by Stoutner to augment EasyPrivacy.
+UltraPrivacy is a filter list based on the Adblock syntax maintained by Stoutner to augment EasyPrivacy.

 The maintainers of EasyPrivacy have a policy of not blocking known tracking elements when doing so breaks a large number of websites—what they call "consistently problematic filters".
 I can understand where they are coming from on this as they want things to just work.
 The maintainers of EasyPrivacy have a policy of not blocking known tracking elements when doing so breaks a large number of websites—what they call "consistently problematic filters".
 I can understand where they are coming from on this as they want things to just work.

-However, with Privacy Browser, I am starting with a fundamentally different philosophy, where I want users to have as much privacy and control as possible.
+However, with Privacy Browser Android, I am starting with a fundamentally different philosophy, where I want users to have as much privacy and control as possible.

 The purpose of UltraPrivacy is to block the known trackers that EasyPrivacy doesn’t.
 The purpose of UltraPrivacy is to block the known trackers that EasyPrivacy doesn’t.

-Users of of Privacy Browser can disable it in Domain Settings if it is problematic for a domain they wish to use.
+Users of of Privacy Browser Android can disable it in Domain Settings if it is problematic for a domain they wish to use.

 
 Because UltraPrivacy only blocks trackers that EasyPrivacy doesn’t, it should be used in conjunction with EasyPrivacy.  By itself it wouldn’t accomplish much.
 
 
 Because UltraPrivacy only blocks trackers that EasyPrivacy doesn’t, it should be used in conjunction with EasyPrivacy.  By itself it wouldn’t accomplish much.
 

diff --git a/ultraprivacy.txt b/ultraprivacy.txt
index a51013736938a6cdb30c0b0ef376503e1fe3df57..056cbd31fee40bf65c3a023b8f1e5483ba3d3c5e 100644 (file)
--- a/ultraprivacy.txt
+++ b/ultraprivacy.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [Adblock Plus 2.0]
 [Adblock Plus 2.0]

-! Version: 3
+! Version: 4

 ! Title: UltraPrivacy
 ! Title: UltraPrivacy

-! Last modified: 30 July 2022 02:06 UTC
+! Last modified: 5 Jul 2024 19:10 UTC

 ! Expires: 90 days (update frequency)
 ! Expires: 90 days (update frequency)

-! Homepage: https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/blocklists/ultraprivacy/
+! Homepage: https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/filter-lists/ultraprivacy/

 ! Licence: GPLv3+ http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 !
 ! I can't imagine that anything that includes `analytics` is good for your privacy.  <https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/312>
 ! Licence: GPLv3+ http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 !
 ! I can't imagine that anything that includes `analytics` is good for your privacy.  <https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/312>


@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ analytics
 googletagservices
 ! There shall be no connecting to Facebook on the backend.  <https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/858>
 connect.facebook
 googletagservices
 ! There shall be no connecting to Facebook on the backend.  <https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/858>
 connect.facebook

+! Block all HTTP pings.  Currently this can only be processed by Privacy Browser PC, but Privacy Browser Android will also gain this functionality in the 4.x series.  <https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/1206>
+$ping
+! Block all third-party fonts.  Currently this can only be processed by Privacy Browser PC, but Privacy Browser Android will also gain this functionality in the 4.x series.  <https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/1202>
+$font,third-party