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|Name=Adblock Plus (ABP)
 
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|Full description='''Adblock Plus can only effectively be used for surveillance protection if you disable the default "Acceptable Ads". These ads are not meant to be "ads that don't track you.", thus ABP is ineffective for preventing surveillance.'''
  
 
Blocks banners, pop-ups, tracking, malware. By default, nonintrusive ads aren't blocked in order to support websites.
 
Blocks banners, pop-ups, tracking, malware. By default, nonintrusive ads aren't blocked in order to support websites.
  
Adblock plus has been highly criticized for its "Acceptable Ads", and has been labeled adware and a betrayal of it's users. These ads are not meant to be "ads that don't track you.", thus ABP is ineffective for preventing surveillance.
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Adblock plus has been highly criticized for its "Acceptable Ads", and has been labeled adware and a betrayal of it's users.
  
 
The add-on is supported by over forty filter subscriptions in dozens of languages which automatically configure it for purposes ranging from removing online advertising to blocking all known malware domains. Adblock Plus also allows you to customize your filters with the assistance of a variety of useful features, including a context option for images, a block tab for Flash and Java objects, and a list of blockable items to remove scripts and stylesheets.
 
The add-on is supported by over forty filter subscriptions in dozens of languages which automatically configure it for purposes ranging from removing online advertising to blocking all known malware domains. Adblock Plus also allows you to customize your filters with the assistance of a variety of useful features, including a context option for images, a block tab for Flash and Java objects, and a list of blockable items to remove scripts and stylesheets.

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Antifeature
Tracking
Adware



Adblock Plus (ABP)

https://adblockplus.org/
Ad blocker

Antifeature: Tracking comment

Adblock Plus is ineffective for surveillance protection by default as it comes with Acceptable Ads enabled: These ads are not meant to be "ads that don't track you".

Blocks banners, pop-ups, tracking, malware. By default, nonintrusive ads aren't blocked in order to support websites.

The add-on is supported by over forty filter subscriptions in dozens of languages which automatically configure it for purposes ranging from removing online advertising to blocking all known malware domains. Adblock Plus also allows you to customize your filters with the assistance of a variety of useful features, including a context option for images, a block tab for Flash and Java objects, and a list of blockable items to remove scripts and stylesheets.

Starting with Adblock Plus 2.0 there is an option in Filter Preferences to allow some non-intrusive advertising. The goal is to support websites using non-intrusive ways to advertise and to encourage more websites to do the same.





Licensing

License

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Notes

License

GPLv3

Verified by

Jgay

Verified on

26 April 2013




Leaders and contributors

Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Bugs with the softwareBug Trackinghttps://adblockplus.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11
ForumForumhttps://adblockplus.org/forum/


Software prerequisites




Entry







"Forum" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Bugs with the software" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.







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