Comment on English Wikipedia bans archive.today

Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Another example why Unlock Origin should be considered essential security software, not just an “ad-block”.

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If a tool is demonstrably indispensable to disable some browsers’ functionality, is it wise for browsers to have that functionality?

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    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There may be genuine use cases to run a script, or whatever the attacker used. The problem is the browsers will auto-run stuff, the user isn’t aware and there’s no way to stop it. All unlock does is provide the missing security layer called “don’t auto run shit from the web”.

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    • JPAKx4@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I like it being extensible instead, as some adblocks might be opinionated or unresponsive. It’s easier to swap adblocks then browsers.

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  UBlock helps to stop that script.

  Would that be by default, or do I need to enable something specific

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  • kip@piefed.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    from the blog in question

    On January 21, commit ^bbf70ec (warning: very large) added gyrovague.com to dns-blocklists, used by ad blocking services like uBlock Origin. This is actually beneficial, since if you have an ad blocker installed, the DDOS script’s network requests are now blocked. (It does not stop users from browsing to my blog directly.)

    - https://gyrovague.com/2026/02/01/archive-today-is-directing-a-ddos-attack-against-my-blog/

    can’t find anything from a quick look that confirms this list is used by default in ublock though

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    • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t see that particular list, but the same filter is present in is present in EasyPrivacy from EasyList, which is enabled in uBO by default.

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      • kip@piefed.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        nice one, cheers. it’s there in line 16607 in EasyPrivacy, same guy runs btdig dot com?

        ||gyrovague.com^$domain=archive.fo|archive.is|archive.li|archive.md|archive.ph|archive.today|archive.vn|btdig.com
        

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  • pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s by default easylist-privacy list is default

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    from what I heard, the default one is enough. Although I haven’t checked it

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  • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t know more than what the wiki article linked to. It says UBlock blocks it. It doesn’t say any more than that.

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• sakuraba@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  makes sense, I didn’t get it when people started saying it but I don’t browse without ublock

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