<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: dogzandcatz</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dogzandcatz</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:30:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dogzandcatz" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dogzandcatz in "uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://mitmproxy.org/" rel="nofollow">https://mitmproxy.org/</a><p>Either Python or PowerShell would work for the scripting.</p>
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<p>Idea/Question/Possibility<p>If uBlock Origin uses filters, would it not be possible to build a program that acts as a "proxy" for Linux/macOS/Windows, etc., that uses the same or similarly crafted filters to do something akin to what some of us did back in the Flash LSO supercookie days? I was a Linux user then and I recall creating a symlink from .macromedia and .adobe to /dev/null. The cookies were written to their folders but went into the event horizon of /dev/null and I never had to worry about them, but the websites worked like a charm.<p>Maybe I'm wrong, but would it not be possible to use filters similar, or even different than uBlocks, to "symlink" the addresses to /dev/null or other bit bucket like NULL on other OSes? I write automation code, so I don't have the chops to develop such a program/project, but I can see it in my head "how it might work". Thoughts, ideas, criticisms welcome.<p>I've also taken to using Violent Monkey and scripts to block quite a bit of nonsense on the web. Violent Monkey and the iFrame blockers work well with YouTube. I suppose it's also a matter of time before things like Violent Monkey are removed as well. There has to be a way to proxy the traffic through a filter list and /dev/null the offending objects.</p>
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