{"id":4878,"date":"2023-11-30T23:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T23:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/?p=4878"},"modified":"2023-11-30T23:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T23:16:46","slug":"from-blocking-ads-to-blocking-anything-how-to-master-the-ublock-origin-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/30\/from-blocking-ads-to-blocking-anything-how-to-master-the-ublock-origin-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"From blocking ads to blocking anything &#8211; how to master the uBlock Origin configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4878\" class=\"elementor elementor-4878\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b84de2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b84de2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f43d2a\" data-id=\"3f43d2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349350f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"349350f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/UBlock_Origin-privacy-.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-4900\" alt=\"UBlock_Origin privacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/UBlock_Origin-privacy-.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/UBlock_Origin-privacy-.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/UBlock_Origin-privacy-.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/UBlock_Origin-privacy-.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07edfdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07edfdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfc3651\" data-id=\"bfc3651\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd24814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd24814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The topic of blocking ads with uBlock Origin is timely, given the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/blog\/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3\/\">recent announcement from Google<\/a> on how it&#8217;s going to prevent uBlock and other ad blocker extensions from working correctly in Chrome, starting June 2024 onwards.<\/p><p>While Firefox users will not be affected, most of us still run uBlock with its default configuration. So it seems like now is a good time to talk about customising this configuration and level up our content blocking game, for maximum privacy.<\/p><p>Clicking on the extension itself and clicking on the cogs icon opens up a <strong>Settings menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29a58bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29a58bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-291cad8\" data-id=\"291cad8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6acc970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6acc970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.44.27.png?fit=300%2C52&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4883\" alt=\"ublock privacy 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.44.27.png?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.44.27.png?resize=300%2C52&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-400dbc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"400dbc9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e01fd1\" data-id=\"8e01fd1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b204a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b204a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here we can navigate to <strong>Default behavior<\/strong> and tick all the options seen below. It will primarily disable JavaScript but also will prevent media above a certain size from loading, as well as disable remote fonts. The advantages of this include faster, more responsive websites and generally more privacy. The downsides however can be significant &#8211; there are many sites nowadays that use JavaScript, so turning it off will result in not being able to load them correctly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a98fa04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a98fa04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8de6fdc\" data-id=\"8de6fdc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111cf3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"111cf3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.40.58.png?fit=768%2C357&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4884\" alt=\"ublock privacy 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.40.58.png?w=852&amp;ssl=1 852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.40.58.png?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.40.58.png?resize=768%2C357&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b897bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b897bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17993fe\" data-id=\"17993fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c551157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c551157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next on the right is the <strong>Filter lists<\/strong>, where you can customise various different filters, including the native uBlock ones that are enabled by default. Filters can be updated if needed and you can also Purge all caches, which means forcing an update of every single filter list.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01d36be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01d36be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69ad69c\" data-id=\"69ad69c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b485e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b485e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1130\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.55.58.png?fit=768%2C1130&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4885\" alt=\"ublock privacy 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.55.58.png?w=908&amp;ssl=1 908w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.55.58.png?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.55.58.png?resize=696%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-21.55.58.png?resize=768%2C1130&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1163ea5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1163ea5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b019c2\" data-id=\"1b019c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a56c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21a56c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since the onset of GDPR, many websites plague their visitors with accept or reject cookies notices. These and other irritating pop ups can be blocked by selecting <strong>EasyList<\/strong> and ticking all the <strong>Annoyances<\/strong> to turn on their blocking.<\/p><p>Similarly, you can choose to enable local blocklists based on <strong>Regions and languages<\/strong>. This will activate country-specific adblock lists with rules tailor made for whatever region and language you pick.<\/p><p>Malicious domains and phishing websites can be automatically blocked as well:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1cd7e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1cd7e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24aa1c8\" data-id=\"24aa1c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af05241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af05241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.06.48.png?fit=768%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4889\" alt=\"ublock privacy 4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.06.48.png?w=908&amp;ssl=1 908w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.06.48.png?resize=300%2C65&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.06.48.png?resize=768%2C166&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffa5f33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffa5f33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f710a3\" data-id=\"0f710a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d1031f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d1031f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the most useful features for privacy enthusiasts is the ability to add and create customs lists. Below are some examples of battle-tested lists, each with its own use case:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca59304 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca59304\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dc3339\" data-id=\"1dc3339\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95604c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95604c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hagezi\/dns-blocklists\/blob\/main\/adblock\/personal.txt\">Hagezi&#8217;s Personal DNS Blocklist <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yokoffing\/filterlists\/blob\/main\/annoyance_list.txt\">Yokoffing&#8217;s Annoyance List\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/DandelionSprout\/adfilt\/blob\/master\/Dandelion%20Sprout's%20Anti-Malware%20List.txt\">Dandelion Sprout&#8217;s Anti-Malware List<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/iam-py-test\/my_filters_001\/blob\/main\/antimalware.txt\">The malicious website blocklist<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/magnolia1234\/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters\/-\/blob\/main\/bpc-paywall-filter.txt\">Bypass Paywalls Clean filter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=37584134\">Filters for removing distractions<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3dbe01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3dbe01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc180a2\" data-id=\"bc180a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbb94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fbb94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can mark sites you visit as trusted and disable the uBlock plugin while browsing them, as well as allow them to load content such as pop-up windows or JavaScript. This is useful especially for e-learning platforms. All the whitelisted sites will appear under the <strong>Trusted sites<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a90bcf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a90bcf7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42bafc3\" data-id=\"42bafc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b243895 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b243895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">uBlock Origin tips and tricks<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a52e5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a52e5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b66d1d5\" data-id=\"b66d1d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5fbe39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5fbe39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>You can block YouTube ads with uBlock by selecting &#8220;<strong>Purge all caches<\/strong>&#8221; in the Filter lists menu &#8211; then refresh the YouTube tab. Note that this does not always work though and you might be required to repeat the operation and then select <strong>Update now<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When visiting any site, you can enforce temporary rules while browsing by removing certain website elements with Element Zapper. You can activate it by clicking the lightning icon on the extension drop down menu and then by clicking on the offending parts of the site that you want to disable.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2113a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2113a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-697c9fc\" data-id=\"697c9fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a80b5f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a80b5f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.44.44.png?fit=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4890\" alt=\"ublock privacy 5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.44.44.png?w=514&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-at-22.44.44.png?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-079f670 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"079f670\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcf66e7\" data-id=\"dcf66e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fdb94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fdb94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Right next to the Element Zapper is the Element Picker. You can use this to permanently disable website elements so that they are not there when you return to it another time.<\/li><li>Any and all changes that become excessive or negatively impact the browsing experience can be reverted by selecting <strong>Reset to default settings<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a8d6a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a8d6a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-753a76d\" data-id=\"753a76d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f79f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f79f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>PS.<\/strong> If you want to geek out on all possible settings and options that uBlock has to offer, on the most granular level, make sure to check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gorhill\/uBlock\/wiki\/\">wiki page by gorhill<\/a>. 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