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Implement uBO naming convention

q1800 2022-02-08 14:16:35 -06:00
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Blocking-mode.md

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***
uBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it is a wide-spectrum blocker, which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". But it can also be used in a manner similar to [NoScript](https://noscript.net/) (to block scripts) and/or [RequestPolicy](https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/) (to block all 3rd-party servers by default), using a point-and-click user interface.
uBlock Origin (uBO) is not an "ad blocker", it is a wide-spectrum blocker, which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". But it can also be used in a manner similar to [NoScript](https://noscript.net/) (to block scripts) and/or [RequestPolicy](https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/) (to block all 3rd-party servers by default), using a point-and-click user interface.
![Number of 3rd-party servers to which the browser connected during benchmark](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/8906091/b7334ddc-3439-11e5-848b-9e8a58eff876.png)<br><sup>Number of 3rd-party servers to which the browser connected during benchmark: 83 URLs of high-traffic sites were visited (on July 24, 2015). [TODO: include intermediate mode between _easy_ and _medium_ in next benchmark]</sup>
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- Privacy exposure
- Security
uBlock Origin + default settings corresponds to _Easy mode_ in the graph above.
uBO + default settings corresponds to _Easy mode_ in the graph above.
For reference, Adblock Plus + default settings (i.e. with _Acceptable ads_ enabled) will position you somewhere between _No blocking_ and _Very easy mode_ in the graph above.
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- _EasyList_.
#### Easy mode ([details ↪](./Blocking-mode:-easy-mode)):
- This is uBlock's default, out-of-the-box mode.
- All of uBlock's own filter lists.
- This is uBO's default, out-of-the-box mode.
- All of uBO's own filter lists.
- _EasyList_.
- _EasyPrivacy_.
- _Peter Lowe’s Ad server list‎_.
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<img align=right alt="blue badge" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/886325/64036718-229e4580-cb54-11e9-91d3-10b6d95b6068.png">
#### Medium mode ([details ↪](./Blocking-mode:-medium-mode)):
- uBlock's out-of-the-box settings.
- uBO's out-of-the-box settings.
- _I am an advanced user_ = checked.
- 3rd-party scripts = globally blocked.
- 3rd-party frames = globally blocked.
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<img align=right alt="red badge" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/886325/64036700-1c0fce00-cb54-11e9-9fad-49f72c4fa086.png">
#### Hard mode ([details ↪](./Blocking-mode:-hard-mode)):
- uBlock's out-of-the-box settings.
- uBO's out-of-the-box settings.
- _I am an advanced user_ = checked.
- 3rd-party scripts = globally blocked.
- 3rd-party frames = globally blocked.