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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 82 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This ain't reddit. You can freely name extension names here.

uBlock Origin

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh I know, I’ve been here for years despite the age of my account. I just migrated from lemm.ee

I tend not to like to name these types of extensions because more exposure puts them at risk, and they’re super easy to find anyway.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's better to name known safe options rather than leave it up to user search. The entities that work against extensions like uBO are already well aware of their existence, so hiding their names has no benefit.

Case in point - uBlock and uBlock Origin are not the same, with the former being a bastardised version that does 'acceptable ads'. There are plenty of other poor blocking options out there for the unsuspecting to stumble into besides that.

Personal setup is Librewolf/uBO on the client and pfBlockerNG/Snort for network level blocking/additional security layer.

And welcome to .zip :) Hope you enjoy the new home!

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

exposure puts them at risk

they're super easy to find

that one meme with the dude surrounded by question marks

E: or that one of Trump and another dude in chairs talking about a piece of paper

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 9 points 1 day ago

uBlock is already pretty much known as the best adblocker in the internet. Not sure what more exposure it could get.