Google (and other big companies) were asked to pay money by a firm called EYEO GmbH to show their ads. This firm owns Adblock Plus together with its main developer Wladimir Palant. And big player firms like Google accepted their offering (rumored as 30% of the ad-costs)
This is the Financial Times news story,
Are these all verified facts, or is it simply a question of whitelisting where users still have a choice
Or did the story stem from someone that hates ABP and Mr. Palant?
This isn’t something that has just happened - it has certainly allowed ads from some (big) companies for some considerable time and they haven’t hid it.
Some time ago I think it used to mention it and say if you the user choose to block these that is your choice and it would be honoured.
So are you saying they aren’t going to honour that - as my blocks are still in force and I don’t see any ads from the companies you mention. I rarely see any ads.
AdBlockPlus shouldn’t be your only protection against malvertising and why other tools, NoScript and RequestPolicy FF ad-ons are more than capable of blocking ads in addition to their normal functionality.
As I now precised further I just pass this, Financial Times also seems a reliable source.
Whenever it stems from a concerted action against ABP and it’s makers I stand corrected.
Pol, I’m not sure if the extensions have anywhere near as many options as the full program does it ? can you add additional and custom filters in the extensions and block malware pages as well ?
See what it can do here: chrome-extension://bgnkhhnnamicmpeenaelnjfhikgbkllg/pages/options.html
It can block ads on website, submit a complaint, get a website security report, allow acceptable ads (what we are discussing).
Set Adquard settings. I have set it for English, Dutch and Polish language settings.
Yes I can add filter rules. And Browsing Security - Phishing and malware protection - Help us in Browsing security filters developmentSubmit anonymous security-related information.
Nice extension next to Ghostery, HTTP Switchboard and Tracker SSL.
The ABP non-intrusive advertising whitelist filter: https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules.txt
There is a new list every day.
I hope the list is free of malvertising :-X
An alternative is formed by Adblock Edge which comes without the “Allow non-intrusive advertising” option (firefox)
For Chrome there is uBlock.
@abruptum, thank you very much for that additional info.
Here is a collection of lists to evaluate the extended versatility of the lightweight uBlock extension for Chrome and also for Sleipnir.
Filter lists for uBlock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Filter-lists:-gorhill
And you can use an adblocker for more blocking(s) than just ads. It may also block tracking (privacy), malware domains, social blocking (annoyances), multipurpose hosts - as you all may see from the various filters and block lists presented in the link above.
Enjoy my good adblocking friends, enjoy.
A sophisticated scam targeting businesses working with foreign suppliers and businesses that regularly perform wire transfer payments is making the rounds, involving the recruitment of money mules and fraudulent “business opportunities.”
I don’t see AdBlock Edge or AdBlock Plus mentioned anywhere.
