Re: [Tails-dev] AdBlock Plus in Tails' Tor Browser

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Hi,

[Dropping tbb-dev from the Cc list. Let's get our stuff clearer, and
then come back to them if needed.]

anonym wrote (23 Oct 2014 12:42:02 GMT) :
> 23/10/14 11:08, Georg Koppen wrote:
>>> [1] https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/#index40h3
>>
>> what does adding Adblock plus have for a benefit wrt to tracking
>> avoidance? To put it more precisely: In which cases are the defenses in
>> the current Tor Browser not adequate yet Adblock plus fixes this
>> situation (I could not find anything on the link you gave above about
>> it)?


> In all honesty, it's not very clear to me why we state this.


Indeed, it seems wrong, and quite far from what our thinking on it has
been for at least a couple years. It could be the case that we still
are saying that because of #5975 ("Update design documentation about
network fingerprinting") not having been tackled yet.

> For me personally, however, the biggest benefit with AdBlock Plus is
> that I can enjoy my browsing experience as ad-free. This may not be a
> good argument for its inclusion, though, just a personal anecdote. :)


Same here.

Now, I'm not opposed to trying it out: let's remove AdBlock in our
next major release, and see what users say. It might be that the next
step is to re-add it immediately until we have persistence for add-ons
and their configuration, but it might also be the case that very few
people complain.

Cheers!
--
intrigeri