On: Ad blocking is under attack

[ballenf]

That approach might not be enough:

https://github.com/jspenguin2017/uBlockProtector/issues/95

Edit: the linked issue is regard "instart" which seems to exploit a Chromium flaw that allows it to disguise third-party cookies as first-party, preventing filtering based on that categorization alone.

It seems it's getting harder to rely on browsers working how they were originally intended.

[warrenm → ballenf]

>getting harder to rely on browsers working how they were originally intended

That's because people want to Do Cool Stuff™ in their browsers - ie, they don't want to merely "browse"

[dylz → ballenf]

Instart is a MITM service like Cloudflare. It more or less partners with adproviders to serve thirdparty requests through a proxy on the first party domain.

Not so much a flaw.