

You would see those anti-adblocker messages even more if you weren't running the Extra app, so let's be thankful for the efforts of the author, after all it's a free.

The Extra app tries to block those messages, but some sites use really clever ways to detect adblockers, which are nearly impossible to block. () Bill A: For those who are complaining that this Extra app is not blocking all anti-adblocker messages.() Matt: Works great with blocking ads on gmail that gets pass the normal ad-block.() Please add a way to block ads on it has to be turned off for -every single webpage- for them to work.
#Ublock origin extra update

() Ryan T: Works perfectly and updated frequently.Use uBlock Origin's logger if you want to see and possibly filter WebSocket connections made visible by uBO-Extra.

Your browser should allow you to hide the icon if it annoys you. The extension has no interactive UI, just an icon in the toolbar to remind it's enabled.
#Ublock origin extra code
The developer console-detecting code works only for Chromium-based browsers however, and therefore the obfuscation technology is not used when using Firefox (a different web page is served for Firefox). The company behind the technology understand how hostile its technology is to users, and thus tries to hide what is being done by making it difficult to investigate by detecting whether the browser's developer console is opened, and when it detects it is opened, it ceases completely to make use of the obfuscation mechanism. I consider this to be extremely hostile to users, even those NOT using a content blocker, as it allows third-party servers to read/write cookies even if a user chose to block 3rd-party cookies. Instart Logic's technology used to disguise third-party network requests as first-party network requests, INCLUDING the writing/reading of third-party cookies. The following link shows on which sites uBO-Extra is useful:Īn (optional) companion extension to uBlock Origin: to gain ability to foil early hostile anti-user mechanisms working around content blockers. This extension is useful only on a predetermined set of sites, it won't do anything outside that specific set of sites.
