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How to block related videos and the recommended movies section on Youtube.

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This is how to block the related videos section and the recommended movies section on Youtube.com. This should be very helpful when using uBlock Origin on the Internet. 4498 4499 4500 ! 2021-09-26 https://www.youtube.com www.youtube.com###content > .ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope youtube.com##[id^="item-section-"] > li:has(span.yt-badge:has-text(Related))! 2021-09-26 https://www.youtube.com www.youtube.com###content > .ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope youtube.com##[id^="item-section-"] > li:has(span.yt-badge:has-text(Related)) This uBlock Origin rule will block the … Read more

How to block scripts in Firefox with uBlock origin.

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Blocking scripts in uBlock origin is very easy, if you know the path to an annoying script, it may be easily blocked. Open the dashboard in uBlock origin and use the code below to block the script. ! 2021-05-25 https://boards.4channel.org ||bid.glass/lib/bg.js$script,domain=boards.4channel.org! 2021-05-25 https://boards.4channel.org ||bid.glass/lib/bg.js$script,domain=boards.4channel.org This is another example, blocking the end screen and annotations in … Read more

How to view videos on Youtube and not count as a view.

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Use this code in the uBlock Origin dashboard, and this will block Youtube views code, this allows viewing a video and your visit with a browser will not count views. ||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/* ||https://www.youtube.com/ptracking ||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/playback ||https://www.youtube.com/api/stats/watchtime||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/* ||https://www.youtube.com/ptracking ||https://s.youtube.com/api/stats/playback ||https://www.youtube.com/api/stats/watchtime This could be very useful for any Youtube user who does not care for adding views to videos. … Read more

How to use uBlock origin to block a certain annoying Javascript easily.

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Many websites these days have Javascript that blocks certain elements unless you are a subscriber, this is very annoying but can be fixed with the uBlock origin plugin for Firefox. Click the uBlock origin icon and then open the logger. Then refresh the page and the logger will fill up with all of the elements … Read more

Twitch advertisements are very annoying, this should really help out.

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The ads on Twitch are very annoying when you are watching a stream. Even if you are using mpv to watch a stream, you get this annoying interruption. But if you are using uBlock Origin and frankerfacez installed, this will help. Then install this script. https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Paralyseradko/4647a238ac7410019bfd4abd27b530ec/raw/twitch2.js. Click uBlock Origin -> open the dashboard -> make … Read more

How to block the annoying Youtube overlay at the end of Youtube videos.

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Youtube now have an annoying overlay at the end of Youtube videos that shows other videos the viewer (might) be interested in and push this on the viewer, whether they want it or not. But this can be blocked with uBlock Origin. These are my uBlock Origin filter rules. ! 2/14/2018, 7:44:14 AM https://www.salon.com/ www.salon.com##.style__salonIcon___1Eaer … Read more

How to help stop Ubuntu spying on you.

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Some very useful tips for blocking some information gathering services on Ubuntu. This is very useful if you are worried about security with all of these services sending data to Canonical. Ubuntu-report – sends hardware information to Canonical. Turn this off easily. 4.4 Thu Nov 29 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ubuntu-report -f send no4.4 Thu Nov … Read more

New Petya cyber attack targeting insecure Windows machines.

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Petya cyber attack threatening many Windows machines Petya cyber attack screen on Windows. This is a new version of the Wannacry malware that is targeting insecure Windows machines. Apparently, there was a system that pushed updates to many Windows machines, and the malware was introduced into the updates and therefore spread like wildfire. This is … Read more

New ransomware attack overstated by the media, here is how to stop it.

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The new ransomware threat in the wild is quite amazing, but it relies on your machine having ports open to the web and the SMB service running in Windows. A lot of existing machines might have this service running and they might not be patched at all. Since this was known about for many months, … Read more

How to block access to the .htaccess file on an Apache web server.

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Blocking access to the .htaccess file on your Apache web server blocks access to the file by curious web users that want to see what directives are in it. The code below added to the .htaccess file will forbid all access to the .htaccess file by web users while still allowing it to function. #Deny … Read more

Using iptables on a Linux system to secure your computer against Internet threats. This is important.

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Securing your Linux computer with iptables is a great way to make sure that you are safer from Internet attacks. The iptables(8) system is the built in firewall for a Linux system. This makes it very easy to secure your computer. Before you change any settings, backup your iptables configuration. iptables-save > backup.confiptables-save > backup.conf … Read more