DutchAdblockList, authored by Famlam, a contributor to Adblock for Chrome, has been a recognised subscription for a little over a year now. However, we have been impressed by the filter list, which caters for Dutch-language domains, and are therefore please to announce our affiliation with the subscription, which may be …
read moreAnnouncing EasyAdult
There has recently been considerable discussion among contributors to the EasyList project about the status of rules for adult domains in the subscription. EasyList policy has been that filters for such websites have been excluded from the subscription, with users referred to Fanboy's Adult / Dating List as a supplement to …
read moreAffiliation with ChinaList
ChinaList is a familiar subscription to many Adblock Plus users, being one of the oldest filter lists for the extension and recommended for Chinese language domains. Although the subscription was previously independent, they recently decided to switch to being a supplement to EasyList, at which point we approached the authors …
read moreGiorgio Maone, NoScript.net and FlashGot.net
- Problem:
- Some adverts are not blocked by EasyList on Giorgio Maone's add-on websites.
- Affects:
- Cause:
At the end of February the EasyList project were privately notified that there remained some unblocked adverts on Giorgio Maone's add-on websites which were slightly different to items usually …
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 moreABPindo is now an affiliated subscription
ABPindo has now become officially affiliated with EasyList after considerable updates to the element hiding filers to improve efficiency. The subscription, which has been steadily developed since February of this year, is designed as a supplement for Indonesian-language websites and is now listed on the EasyList homepage, from where it …
read moreWho does anti-Adblock actually affect?
Anti-Adblock scripts, which attempt to identify users of advert-blocking software and limit or, more commonly, disable access to content, appear to have become increasingly prevalent recently. Yet the techniques used to detect unwanted software are by no means infallible, and I have seen, on several occasions, that while they are …
read moreAn important reminder about adult websites
The introduction of the Adblock Plus issue reporter has resulted in a significant increase in the number of users who have reported missing adverts or problems on adult domains. These reports have often been met with little to no response for the simple reason that EasyList and EasyPrivacy policy dictates …
read moreBulgarian list is now an affiliated subscription
Alex, the author of Bulgarian list, has recently revamped his subscription by updating the filter syntax and checking almost every rule for redundancies. The EasyList authors have been very impressed by his efforts and the resulting subscription, and it has therefore become the first affiliated subscription not to use the …
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