From: Soren Stoutner Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:08:21 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Replace `blocklists` with `filter lists`. X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.stoutner.com/?p=UltraPrivacy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=HEAD;hp=f5de00ce666143967addb6b960822a9232589b22 Replace `blocklists` with `filter lists`. --- diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index 050b5f8..dcc23fd 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ -v3 Pending -• Refactor CHANGELOG. +v4 Pending +• Update the README with the new URLs. +• Update the copyright dates to be 2018-2019,2021-2023. + +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 © 2019,2021. +• Update the copyright dates to be 2018-2019,2021-2022. v2 • Block `googletagservices`, which is a companion to EasyPrivacy's `googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?`. diff --git a/README b/README index 4269a83..0721cd5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -UltraPrivacy copyright © 2018-2019,2021 Soren Stoutner . +UltraPrivacy copyright 2018-2019,2021-2023 Soren Stoutner . -https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser/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. -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. -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. @@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ The repository can be cloned using the following command: git clone https://git.stoutner.com/UltraPrivacy.git -Feature requests and bug reports can be submitted at https://redmine.stoutner.com/projects/ultraprivacy. +Feature requests and bug reports can be submitted at https://redmine.stoutner.com/projects/ultraprivacy/issues. diff --git a/ultraprivacy.txt b/ultraprivacy.txt index ac4a504..bbb5cd4 100644 --- a/ultraprivacy.txt +++ b/ultraprivacy.txt @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ [Adblock Plus 2.0] -! Version: 2 +! Version: 3 ! Title: UltraPrivacy -! Last modified: 22 May 2019 18:11 UTC +! Last modified: 27 Apr 2023 19:27 UTC ! Expires: 90 days (update frequency) -! Homepage: https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser/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. analytics ! Block Google Tag Services. googletagservices +! There shall be no connecting to Facebook on the backend. +connect.facebook