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uBlock Origin Criticized for Blocking Content Security Policy

posted by Fnord666 on Monday October 23 2017, @09:09AM   Printer-friendly
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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: 2) by Pino P on Monday October 23 2017, @05:54PM (2 children)

    by Pino P (4721) on Monday October 23 2017, @05:54PM (#586453) Journal

    I already pay for Internet. Why aren't sites paying me to visit

    Your ISP bill pays to connect your computer to the Internet. It doesn't pay the writers on the other side of the Internet. Would you prefer to have to subscribe to website packages through your ISP the way you subscribe to channel packages through a multichannel pay TV (cable or satellite) provider? And would you prefer to lose access to websites because your ISP refuses to pay the carriage fee? (I'm looking at you, ESPN3 [wikipedia.org].)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 24 2017, @08:53AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 24 2017, @08:53AM (#586777)

    Your ISP bill pays to connect your computer to the Internet. It doesn't pay the writers on the other side of the Internet.

    That's why I pay for NYT and I receive all the content I care to read written by professional journalists.

    I do not wish to pay some random dush for their random ad-infested site with 50 weird things your mama thought about her wiener. If it weren't for these shit-ads everywhere, there would be very little incentive for all the fake news sites out there. All you have to do is look at the new Android "front page" by Google to see utter SHIT on the internet being packaged and regurgitated so some asshole can make a free buck. In the grand scheme of things, soylentnews is one of the better sources of information and that is fucking sad state of affairs.

    • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday October 24 2017, @01:05PM

      by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday October 24 2017, @01:05PM (#586830) Journal

      That's why I pay for NYT and I receive all the content I care to read written by professional journalists.

      Your subscription to NYT doesn't help when one of your friends shares with you an article that happens to be on the LA Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, or another widely respected publication not affiliated with the NYT Company. You end up in NYT's fliter bubble.