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This is uBlock Origin (uBO)'s default mode.
Roughly similar to using Adblock Plus with many filter lists.
Ads are blocked through EasyList and Peter Lowe’s Ad server list, and privacy exposure is reduced through the use of EasyPrivacy. Some malware filter lists are selected by default. Also, uBO's own filter lists are selected as complement to the selected 3rd-party filter lists.
This mode is suitable for those who are concerned about reducing their privacy exposure, but yet still prefer an install-and-forget approach.
Characteristics
- Low likelihood of web pages being broken.
- Web pages should load somewhat faster compared to the very easy mode.
How to enable this mode
Settings pane:
- I am an advanced user: unchecked.
3rd-party filters pane:
- All of uBO's custom filter lists: checked
- EasyList: checked
- Peter Lowe’s Ad server list: checked
- EasyPrivacy: checked
- Online Malicious URL Blocklist: checked
- All other filter lists: unchecked
Tips
You can significantly augment the blocking power in easy mode by merely enabling more filter lists. If you add more filter lists, keep in mind:
- the more filter lists one uses, the higher the probability of web page breakage.
- not all filter lists are of good quality:
- some may cause too much web page breakage.
- some may result in some network requests to unexpectedly become unblocked (example).
Another even better way to augment blocking power in easy mode is to enable "I am an advanced user" from the Settings pane in the dashboard, and block specific 3rd parties using dynamic filtering -- i.e. essentially using dynamic filtering in default-allow mode. For example, one could choose to globally block facebook.com
and facebook.net
in order to prevent Facebook from being able to track you wherever you go, except on Facebook. Globally blocking ubiquitous hostnames except on their respective websites is a very easy way to reduce significantly privacy exposure.
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- Wiki home
- About the Wiki documentation
- Permissions
- Privacy policy
- Info:
- The toolbar icon
- The popup user interface
- The context menu
- Dashboard
- Settings pane
- Filter lists pane
- My filters pane
- My rules pane
- Trusted sites pane
- Keyboard shortcuts
- The logger
- Element picker
- Element zapper
- Blocking mode
- Very easy mode
- Easy mode (default)
- Medium mode (optimal for advanced users)
- Hard mode
- Nightmare mode
- Strict blocking
- Few words about re-design of uBO's user interface
- Reference answers to various topics seen in the wild
- Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
- Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine: details
- Does uBlock Origin block ads or just hide them?
- Doesn't uBlock Origin add overhead to page load?
- About "Why uBlock Origin works so much better than Pi‑hole does?"
- uBlock's blocking and protection effectiveness:
- uBlock's resource usage and efficiency:
- Memory footprint: what happens inside uBlock after installation
- uBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared
- Counterpoint: Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB RAM and|or a quad core CPU
- Debunking "uBlock Origin is less efficient than Adguard" claims
- Myth: uBlock consumes over 80MB
- Myth: uBlock is just slightly less resource intensive than Adblock Plus
- Myth: uBlock consumes several or several dozen GB of RAM
- Various videos showing side by side comparison of the load speed of complex sites
- Own memory usage: benchmarks over time
- Contributed memory usage: benchmarks over time
- Can uBO crash a browser?
- Tools, tests
- Deploying uBlock Origin
- Proposal for integration/unit testing
- uBlock Origin Core (Node.js):
- Troubleshooting:
- Good external guides:
- Scientific papers
uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.