Reviews for uBlock Origin
uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill
18,585 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15689893, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by m32po, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12985690, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15699529, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jan Stavěl, 5 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15106078, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by p4k0r, 5 years agoRealmente eficaz, el problema viene cuando los sites que visitas bloquean el contenido al ver que UBO está instalado en el navegador.
- Rated 5 out of 5by MD Limon Hossain, 5 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15235351, 5 years ago"Important: the statement "IP address" refers to the IP address of the servers to which your browser connects, NOT your specific IP address. uBO has no access to (and no need to know) your specific IP address."
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions#access-ip-address-and-hostname-information - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 15165233, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by adbblock, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Sir_Kromberg_GH, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Cyvern, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14641091, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15697904, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13336498, 5 years agoBlocks lots of things, configurable (maybe too much :p), very rewarding. The recent downvotes about additional permissions to acces IP and hostname are just bad wording on the Firefox permission popup, and there's already a Firefox bug open about this, see https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions#access-ip-address-and-hostname-information . So plese stop downvoting this excellent softawre for no real reason.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rakumaru, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by mbnoimi, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by miroslav, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15697338, 5 years agoZoomerBoomer: "Originally this review was one star after getting the "Access IP address and hostname information" notice with the latest update. However, I was not fully informed of what this meant nor educated on how the WebExtension JavaScript API is laid out.
According to the developer and my own research, uBlock Origin has no access to YOUR IP address. The extension is asking for permission to access the IP address of the website/server you are trying to connect to. The reason why you may have seen or may now see the "Access IP address and hostname information" notice is because, IRONICALLY, uBlock Origin required more information from the servers being accessed in order to block trackers which had found a technique to bypass the filters/rules that uBlock uses. In order to do so, this was only possible by allowing the extension to access server-side DNS information, which is what triggered the "Access IP address and hostname information" notice.
So, be rest assured that this extension has not sold itself to the devil! We still have a reliable extension being developed by those with our best intentions in mind.
Please see the links below if you would like to look into this further.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions#access-ip-address-and-hostname-information
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780" - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13441211, 5 years agoI'm very satisfied with this extension. Default options right after installation are generally fine. If you want better results, It takes some time to learn about all the available options but the more you learn the more you'll benefit from this fast, light and very customizable extension.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jefferson Vital, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14021760, 5 years ago