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I get 82% (27 not blocked. I use Firefox ESR with uBlock and Privacy Badger.

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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

These tools aren't a reliable indicator of your protection. See here.

[–] tram1@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

F, that's the guy who made uBlock... I shouldn't have posted this...

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

You could make an edit to your original post explaining the limitations of the method

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[–] trclst@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

100% because i have javascript disabled.

[–] Uplink@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

RMS approves

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[–] Knuschberkeks@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

100% on Safari on iOS with AdGuard and PiHol

[–] gdbjr@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Same but with adguard home and not pihole

[–] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

100% on Safari on iOS with Wipr.

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This test is wrong for sure. It doesn't detect YouTube ads as being blocked despite them never appearing in this browser thanks to ublock origin.

I also highly doubt that any domain from DoubleClick.com would be allowed through ubo.

[–] Mnky313@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I have a quite aggressive pihole and a lot of the domains it says aren't blocked are 100% blacklisted in pihole (and testing them gives an error message so they are blocked...)

Mull (Firefox) + uBlock + PiHole.

[–] tram1@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

My setup (Firefox+uBlockOrigin) blocks Doubleclick.net. Also, ads.youtube.com is under Social Trackers, maybe it's not the actual ads on youtube, but some tracker? BTW, I have no idea how the internet works, maybe it is wrong...

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[–] clive@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I opened this in Connect's in app browser and got a whopping 4%. Good reminder to change app settings to use your browser instead of whatever their internal browser is

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I get 90% on both mobile and PC.

Firefox on PC with UBlock Origin. Fennec on Android with UBlock Origin.

Both are behind an AdGuard DNS but I think UBlock Origin does most of the heavy lifting here.

If I turn off the "cosmetic filter" it goes up to 92% 🤷

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[–] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

97% on FF Android with ublock origin. Adguard Home is my network DNS as well.

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox (Fennec) on Android. uBlock Origin with every single block list enabled.

[–] veloxy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems to be misreporting (Adguard home + unlock + FF). With unlock off I get a higher percentage than with it on (93% vs 91%). It's reporting things as not blocked while they are clearly blocked (all requests show blocked in inspector)

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[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

this test has been known to have problems on Firefox. 90% Firefox+ublock+nextdns, 99% after using the fix they recommend @@*$redirect-rule in your rules.

[–] kbity@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Before adding "@@*$redirect-rule" to uBlock Origin filters:

  • With uMatrix enabled: 99%, everything except ads-api.twitter.com and ads.youtube.com was blocked.
  • With uMatrix disabled: 83%, 125/150 blocked.

After adding "@@*$redirect-rule" to uBlock Origin filters:

  • With uMatrix enabled: 100%, 150/150 blocked.
  • With uMatrix disabled: 85%, 127/150 blocked.

Using Firefox with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger and some others.

[–] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

100% with Cromite's built-in ad blocker + adguard filtering

88% with Mull (default ublock settings)

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

These results are not at all what I expected. Safari + several blockers seems to be best, followed by Brave of all browsers. Firefox and FF focus got the worst rating! I really thought Focus would do a better job. Then again, all cookies get deleted so at least that part won’t matter much.

[–] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

96% on /e/OS with the Mull browser with uBlock and Privacy Badger

92% on /e/ on the tor browser with the same extensions?? that's weird

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I didn't know people actually used /e/os. not meant to be a dig I'd just never seen it in the wild.

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[–] Still@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

93% on mobile (Firefox + ublock + pihole) 84% on desktop (Firefox + unlock + pihole)

[–] micha@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

100% with iOS Safari, Wipr, and Adguard Home on network level.

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I get 100% on both desktop and mobile.

Desktop: Firefox with uBO, Disconnect, Privacy Badger, and Decentraleyes

Mobile: Safari, Firefox Focus, Orion (with uBO and Privacy Badger) + AdGuard and AhaDNS Blitz

All these plus ControlD and AdGuard as DNS + manually added blocklists on my router.

[–] zark@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

93% with NextDNS and HaGeZi Ultimate.

[–] Draz@lemmy.fmhy.net 4 points 1 year ago

I got 100%. Using Mull on android (Firefox fork) with Ublock.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

89% with firefox for android with ublock origin and decentraleyes.

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

96%

Using mull+ublock for android on GrapheneOS with DoT on Adguard Home.

Interesting, I can't block ads. youtube and ads.twitter but they are added into my blocking lists. Sus.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

91% with pihole + ublock on Firefox. Time to add some domains to the blacklist

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

Trying a few different browsers I have installed:

  • Firefox in Strict mode with LocalCDN: 42% (eww)
  • Brave (stock): 72%
  • Brave w/ stock uBlock Origin: 78%
    • 100% w/ custom filters enabled
  • Opera w/ uBlock: 75%
  • Vivaldi (stock): 55%
  • LibreWolf w/ uBlock and LocalCDN: 70%
[–] Onihikage@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

90% with my normal setup, but I highly doubt it's correct because:

  • literally everything in uMatrix except first-party scripts is blocked
  • it goes up to 93% when I turn off uBO, yet the page loads way more slowly which makes no sense

The site does say uBO on Firefox has unknown issues, so I'll attribute it to that.

[–] sibloure@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow I only get 62%. Using Vanadium on GrapheneOS over a network with DNS blocking.

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[–] subignition@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

5% on stock chrome for Android. Guess this week is the week I switch to firefox mobile (73% with stock uBlock Origin)

[–] yoshisaur@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Got 100% on ios using Orion with Ublock-origin

[–] projectdp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Testing at 100% w/Firefox + ABP + AdGuard home DNSBL and upstream DNS blocking. Need to get uMatrix back on here.

[–] bjornp_@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

69% on my network alone. More once I turn ublock origin on :)

[–] foo@withachanceof.com 3 points 1 year ago

91%, Firefox with ublock and Privacy Badger on a network with pfBlockerNg.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

93% with Firefox and privacy badger on Windscribe VPN adblocking enabled. 55% with Windscribe disabled.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

99%
This is with Firefox in strict privacy mode with uBlock, Privacy Possum, Local CDN and CanvasBlocker. I don't think any other of my addons matter for this.

[–] haych@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

100% on Samsung Browser with AdGuard extension, and AdGuard Home as my DNS Adblocker.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

74% with ublock origin for Firefox

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[–] Gxost@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

100% with Firefox for Android and Blokada. 100% with Firefox 117 beta for Windows (advanced tracking protection + uBlock Origin).

[–] Ilikecheese@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

93% on my iPad with an ahaDNS profile installed. The only thing that makes it through are Apple’s stuff. All things considered, I’m fine with that.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

97% with Vivaldi and 87% with Mull +uBlock Origin... That's surprising.

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[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

100% with Brave in aggressive mode, and a Pi-Hole behind it.

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