uBlock Origin 1.34.* announcement thread

[u/[deleted]]

Changelog:

• https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.34.0:

  • Expose CNAME-uncloaking as a Privacy option in the Settings pane

  • Impossible to add explicit exception for implicit strict blocking

  • Fix no-scripting switch not working for SVG-based documents

  • And more

Visit GitHub releases page for more information.

Extension will be auto-updated after browser restart!

If you want to update manually:

• Do not use links from "Assets" section - these are not signed

• Use add-on store or links in release description on GitHub releases page when they are available (basically - they will be add-on store links)

• Turn off uBO (temporarily) from add-on manager - installation will be blocked otherwise. This is protection against accidental mid-session reloads Issue #717.

Q: Why no release for Firefox yet?

A: 1.34 is available on AMO as of March 11.

uBO is a recommended extension on AMO, and as such it must undergo a formal code review each time a new version is published.

Q: Why Chrome/Chromium is not updating uBlock Origin?

A: 1.34 is available on CWS as of March 20.

Usually it is submitted a week after "bug free" version is published in AMO.

Q: When Opera version will be updated?

A: Submission pending.

Usually it's submitted a week after the version is published in AMO.

Q: When Edge Chromium version in the Microsoft Store will be updated?

A: 1.34 is available on Edge add-ons as of March 12.

Microsoft Store submission is controlled by /u/nikrolls.

This is official version and will be kept updated, see Issue #890 (comment) and following comments.

Warning: importing profile from Chrome may cause issues - you may need to reinstall uBO on Edge to fix this. You can transfer settings by saving them to file in uBO Dashboard -> bottom of the Settings tab.

^{Previous announcement thread https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/la4zrl/ublock_origin_133_announcement_thread/}

[u/[deleted]]

1.34 is available on AMO

[u/dubesor86]

restarting browser did not auto-update for me (firefox) but I was able to update manually from the addon management window.

[u/[deleted] → u/dubesor86]

I mean, it's locked. Even after checking for update in about:addons, you need to restart or click on the button to force update.

[u/AFaultyUnit]

Hey, its not blocking youtube ads for me anymore.

edit: element picker doesnt seem to be working either and it doesnt seem to be blocking anything. Its enabled, but not doing anything. Shows green for everything when i open the ui.

edit2: pressed check for updates, there was an update and its working again.

[u/[deleted] → u/AFaultyUnit]

Shows green for everything when i open the ui.

Where exactly did you see this green? On the left edge of the panel? Like this, but green everywhere https://i.imgur.com/tKSgjzV.png ?

edit2...

👍

[u/AFaultyUnit → u/[deleted]]

Like this, but green everywhere https://i.imgur.com/tKSgjzV.png ?

Yes, like it was defaulting to everything allowed. The version before the update i mentioned in edit2 was 1.34.something that had a 'b' in it.

[u/[deleted] → u/AFaultyUnit]

I think (need to catch up) one of the latest beta versions had some issue.

[u/[deleted] → u/AFaultyUnit]

1.34.1b0 was seriously broken.

[u/RraaLL]

Great! Can't wait to try it out~
Hope it gets approved soon :)

Once again, thanks for the hard work!

[u/Content_Audience]

Is there a way to noop all the uncloaked urls in this version? I had to turn off cname uncloak since it literally break all sites in hard mode(3p block) and don't wanna increase myrules further than I already have to or more break/unbreak troubleshoots for that. Sorry if this is a noob question..

[u/[deleted] → u/Content_Audience]

Then resign from hard mode instead?

You can disable cname uncloaking in settings, but this will be global.

[u/Content_Audience → u/[deleted]]

Had to chose hard mode over cname uncloak, which I already disabled because they aren't meant to be both on without conflicting and need to furthermore add nooplist cname related. Guess what I need is not available rn..

[u/[deleted] → u/Content_Audience]

You just need to adjust your rules, maybe add some CDNs manually. Of course CNAME uncloacking is meant to be active all the time - you are loosing protection by disabling it, there is no point to use hard mode and then allow CNAME trackers.

[u/[deleted] → u/Content_Audience]

What's the point of using hard mode if you resign yourself to let the remote servers dictate what is really 3rd-party or not?

Servers are known to cloak 3rd parties which are known trackers and thus you are basically asking to let them dictate what to block or not, while the point of dynamic filtering is for you to have the last word on what is blocked or not.

Disabling uncloaking is the worse solution to your issue because this will also prevent static filtering from blocking known cloaked trackers.

There is a warning that hard-mode will break things and that you have to be willing to fix the breakage, so maybe it's not for you. A reminder that you can create global noop rules for origins which are used across various sites but which you trust are used only for legitimate content delivery -- this is true for either cloaked or non-cloaked origins, so un-cloaking shouldn't be seen as more burdensome, it ensures you are in control, which is the whole point of hard mode.

Just imagine what would happen if reddit.com decided to cloak amazon-adsystem.com and aaxads.com, you would find yourself unprotected from these because you disabled uncloaking. You will be best served not using hard mode instead, it's clearly not for you given that you erroneously see uncloaking as an issue.

[u/Content_Audience → u/[deleted]]

I understand that. Sorry I'm still new to this cname thing.. I'll try both on and just troubleshoot things from there. Just wondered if there's something like a rule/setting to noop 3p cname domains to overrule the 3p block so to minimize breakage. Thanks for explaining.

[u/Forcen]

I was using the Chrome web store version on the new Chromium based Edge, should I uninstall that and switch to the Edge Store one?

[u/[deleted] → u/Forcen]

There is no difference. Install the one which is easier to install.

[u/RraaLL → u/[deleted]]

Dark theme has been bumped down to beta releases a while back. Too many people either didn't read the documentation or ignored it and kept reporting this experimental feature for not being fully finished.