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uBlock Origin Criticized for Blocking Content Security Policy

posted by Fnord666 on Monday October 23 2017, @09:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the Digital-Arms-Race dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

The popular content blocking extension uBlock Origin blocks CSP reporting on websites that make use of it if it injects neutered scripts.

CSP, Content Security Policy, can be used by web developers to whitelist code that is allowed to run on web properties. The idea behind the feature is to prevent attackers from injecting JavaScript on websites protected by CSP.

CSP reports any attempt of interfering with the site's policies in regards to scripts to the webmaster. This happens when users connect to the site, and is used by webmasters to analyze and resolve the detected issues.

[...] Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock Origin, replied stating that this was not a bug but by design. The extension blocks the sending of CSP reports if it injects a neutered Google Analytics script.

Source: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/19/ublock-criticized-for-blocking-csp/

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @04:13PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @04:13PM (#586385)

    Yes, please. Let's go back to when websites were a labour of love created by people that wished to share their hobbies and their knowledge. Let's go back to when websites were informational. Drop this corporate shit now!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @05:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @05:05PM (#586414)

    ^ I've stopped exploring the web, its a pain in the ass! I've found a few tiny corners, and I search for anything specific I need, otherwise I ignore it.

  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Monday October 23 2017, @07:47PM (1 child)

    by Pino P (4721) on Monday October 23 2017, @07:47PM (#586519) Journal

    Yes, please. Let's go back to when websites were a labour of love created by people that wished to share their hobbies and their knowledge.

    Sorry to tell you this, but back "when websites were a labour of love created by people that wished to share their hobbies and their knowledge," your connection to the Internet was 0.05 Mbps or slower. A 300 kB JPEG image would have taken a whole minute to load. There wasn't enough demand to view "labour of love" websites among the non-academic public to ensure the economies of scale needed to provide high-speed Internet access in homes.

    Drop this corporate shit now!

    Your home and mobile ISPs are probably a corporation or LLC. So good luck running a city-wide last-mile network without "corporate shit". Good luck even obtaining rights-of-way from your city's public utility board or from the national radio regulator without such an entity in place.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @08:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @08:08PM (#586538)

      Good luck with that shilling, I hear India and China are really bringing down the cost of decent quality garbage.

  • (Score: 1) by RedIsNotGreen on Tuesday October 24 2017, @05:45AM

    by RedIsNotGreen (2191) on Tuesday October 24 2017, @05:45AM (#586734) Homepage Journal

    Agree. Most advertising-supported websites are useless drivel.