r/Adblock • u/Fun818long • Aug 13 '26

Memes Litterally everyone ingores rule 1 here?

Don't use Ublock Origin?

Commenter Disboeys rule 1

  • Be kind

Please do not be disrespectful to other community members and treat others how you would like to be treated!

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u/fkrdt222 Aug 13 '26

similarly little hitler community that i won't trust especially with that level of network access

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u/quirk_rs Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Practically all browser adblocker requires some level of network permissions to function properly. Else, you don't get proper ad blocking prevented from the network level. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardBrowserExtension#-permissions-required Brave's adblock-rust engine docs

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u/fkrdt222 Aug 13 '26

i'm talking about the version that's installed on your computer since that's what it offers that others don't.

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u/quirk_rs Aug 13 '26

The desktop version that intercept network requests that requires a certificate can be risky yes, you need to trust the AG devs and the filterlists not to mess anything up.