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Also highly recommended for people who are willing to spend a little more time to control where their browser retrieves content is uMatrix[1]. Written and maintained by the most esteemed Raymond Hill who creates uBlock Origin.

If you're on Chrome, don't forget to also install uBO-Extra[2] along with uBlock Origin[2], otherwise you don't get WebSocket coverage.

[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra




Actually, Chromium (and uBO) has supported blocking WebSockets via webRequest for a while now[1], despite the desperate protests of a MindGeek employee[2].

[1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/0f198df6bc8... [2] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=129353...


Still, installing uBO-Extra is a damn good idea. If nothing else than to block insidious methods such as Instart Logic and WebRTC abuse: https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra/wiki/Sites-on-which-uBO...




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