Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Adblock Browser 2.8.2 for Android released · 2021-07-27 14:00 by Pablo Garcia

Install Adblock Browser 2.8.2 for Android

Changes

• Chromium v90 under the hood
• General stability and performance improvements

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Adblock Plus 3.11 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-05-19 17:19 by Thomas Greiner

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This release adds an easy way to block cookie warnings and push notifications. For advanced users, it also introduces the ability to block requests based on their headers as well as an option for debugging element hiding filters.

Note that the extension is no longer sending GET requests to check for updates for disabled filter lists. Instead, it is sending HEAD requests to save bandwidth while they’re not in use.

User interface changes

• Added new filter list recommendations for blocking cookie warnings and push notifications (ui#701, core#248).
• Added checkbox for enabling debug element hiding filters mode (ui#608).
• Refreshed Adblock Plus logo color (ui#819).
• Ignore private tabs when counting blocked requests (ui#851, ui#899).
• Hide issue reporter and share buttons for private tabs (ui#870, ui#886).

Filter changes

Upgraded adblockpluscore to 0.3.0 (release notes), which includes the following changes:

• Snippet changes
  • Removed uabinject-defuser snippet (core#287).
• Added support for $header filter option (core#77, ui#898, webext#194).
• Update checks for disabled filter lists are now being made using HEAD requests and occur more frequently (core#290).

Chromium-specific changes

• Fixed: Unable to print on some pages (webext#287, Chromium bug 1138634).

Firefox-specific changes

• Improved compatibility with Firefox Android 79+ (ui#868).

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Celebrating Earth Day 2021 · 2021-04-21 16:59 by Susie Concannon

This year’s Earth Day (April 22) motto is climate action, and eyeo, the company behind the Adblock Plus product, is also striving to become more sustainable and keep this earth a liveable place not only on Earth Day but 365 days in the year.

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Adblock Browser 2.7.0 for Android released · 2021-03-17 17:59 by Pablo Garcia

Install Adblock Browser 2.7.0 for Android

Changes

• Chromium v88 under the hood
• General stability and performance improvements, like crashes on Samsung devices running Android 8.

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Adblock Browser 2.6.0 for Android released · 2021-02-12 14:32 by Pablo Garcia

Install Adblock Browser 2.6.0 for Android

Changes

• Chromium v86 under the hood
• General stability and performance improvements
• Bottom toolbar removed (originally removed by Chromium team)
• No longer supporting Android 4.x

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Adblock Plus 3.10.2 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-01-28 18:07 by Thomas Greiner

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Changes

• Expanded list of trusted websites that are allowed to use subscribe links (webext#299, webext#308, webext#311).
• Fixed: Gave first-run page enough time to load even under slow network conditions (ui#880).

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Restricting the use of subscribe links to prevent circumvention · 2020-12-18 16:00 by Laura Dornheim

After it is safe to assume that (almost) all Adblock Plus users have been updated to version 3.10 now, we want to share some more details about changes we made in that latest version. Specifically the restrictions regarding the use of subscribe-links.

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Adblock Plus 3.10.1 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2020-12-15 13:44 by Thomas Greiner

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Changes

• Improved performance of hide-if-matches-xpath snippet (core#263).
• Fixed: Made iFrame properties accessible to abort-on-property-read and abort-on-property-write snippets (core#212).
• Fixed: First-run page was being replaced even though it was already visible (ui#873).

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Cyber Security month 2020 - Our questions, your answers! · 2020-11-23 11:37 by Anna Fediaieva

Last month we asked our followers on social media eight questions on IT security and privacy. Here are the results of the cyber security quiz:

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Adblock Plus 3.10 is live! · 2020-11-17 15:49 by Laura Dornheim

Customize what you block while we stop ads from sneaking onto your screen

As of today, November 17th 2020, we launched version 3.10 of Adblock Plus. This version brings you a make-over for the “block element” feature, support for even more languages and some improvements to avoid circumvention.

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