It has been two years, seventeen days, three hours and five minutes since I became involved with EasyList by creating an account on the EasyList forums. When I joined, I did not expect that I would ever rise to my present position of lead EasyList and Privacy author, forum administrator …
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New EasyList author: Famlam
I am pleased to announce that we have a new author for EasyList, EasyPrivacy and EasyList Germany: Famlam. He has been a member of the EasyList forum for nearly a year and a half and is already a contributor to AdBlock for Chrome, one of several advert blocking add-ons for …
read moreEasyList Statistics: August 2011
Looking back, it has been a long time since anyone has evaluated or released the statistics for the EasyList subscriptions, so I thought that, as August has just eneded, it might be time to estimate exactly how many users there are of the filter lists.
Even though I am aware …
read moreWhat is acceptable first-party tracking?
Although all third-party tracking is blocked outright by EasyPrivacy, the subscription's policy is slightly more lenient with first-party tracking, specifying that that items should be blocked only if they "collect a significant amount of personal data". As the wording is ambiguous, I have decided to convey my interpretation of the …
read moreAdvertisers' and tracking companies' websites
- Problem:
- Some websites relating to advertisers and tracking companies (predominantly the former) do not function correctly when EasyList or EasyPrivacy are enabled respectively.
- Affects:
Cashback schemes and EasyPrivacy
- Problem:
- Some cashback systems do not function correctly when EasyPrivacy is enabled.
- Affects:
- http://www.extrarebates.com/ (view report)
- Other cashback systems are also likely to be affected and will be listed as they are reported.
- Cause:
- Cashback websites work by either setting a third party cookie or directing people …
EasyList and EasyPrivacy subscription policies
There have never previously been formal policies for EasyList and EasyPrivacy, which made it difficult for contributors and, on occasion, authors, to suggest and add filters in a unified manner. This has now changed, with the subscription policies now publicly available on the website. While they may not account for …
read moreEasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List
EasyPrivacy is a comparatively recent subscription in the context of the EasyList project, but it is one that has garnered significant interest recently due to current privacy concerns, which this list of filters was written to address. Yet I had never suspected the possibility of repurposing the subscription not only …
read moreWikimedia fundraising banners
There is an almost annual contention over the Wikimedia fundraising banners that appear on websites including the widely visited Wikipedia requesting donations. As it is that time of year again, it appears prudent to formally explain the position of subscriptions towards such items.
EasyList policy dictates that self promotion is …
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