Uniconsent should not be blocked

rowboatz commented 7 months ago

Prerequisites

[X] This site DOES NOT contains sexually explicit material;
[X] The problem occurs only when using AdGuard DNS or DNS filtering with AdGuard DNS filter, it is not caused by other ad blockers;
[X] You're using an up-to-date version of AdGuard DNS filter;
[X] Browser version is up-to-date;
[X] If a website or an app is broken, disabling AdGuard DNS filter resolves the issue.

What DNS server do you use?

Other

Version

NextDNS

What DNS upstream(s) do you use in AdGuard apps or AdGuard Home?

No response

What DNS filters do you have enabled?

AdGuard DNS filter

What browser or app do you use?

Firefox

Which device type do you use?

Desktop

What type of problem have you encountered?

Website or app doesn't work properly

Where did you encounter the problem?

No response

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uniconsent.com is blocked even though it belongs to a major consent manager platform. Blocking it prevents consent dialogs from appearing on websites (for example on https://www.football365.com/ and https://www.planetf1.com/). It is neither a tracking domain nor an adserver and is required in order to properly express consent on many websites.

Privacy

[X] I agree to follow this condition

jellizaveta commented 7 months ago

Yes. It is not a tracker, but it can manage the trackers used, as cookies contain various information - both necessary for the functioning of the site on the device, and that used for analytics purposes - unique identifiers that are used to track the visitor's activity on the website, advertising parameters, etc.

hagezi commented 7 months ago

Yes. It is not a tracker, but it can manage the trackers used, as cookies contain various information - both necessary for the functioning of the site on the device, and that used for analytics purposes - unique identifiers that are used to track the visitor's activity on the website, advertising parameters, etc.

That's true, but blocking via DNS often leads to you allowing everything, see: https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/wiki/FAQ#cmps https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/issues/1979#issuecomment-1870498567

rowboatz commented 7 months ago

It is not a tracker, but it can manage the trackers used

My issue is that consent managers such as Uniconsent are often the only way for the user to leverage their rights under legislation like the GDPR and there is nothing preventing websites from implementing a fallback method of managing trackers which could be hard to counter and wouldn't be legally compliant, thereby tracking the user anyway. Domain-based blocking is very limited and can be bypassed easily, by doing the tracking through legitimate 1st party domains for example, and the only way for a user to effectively defend against such tracking, short of using advanced solutions like Tor, is for them to invoke their legal rights to the fullest extent. Bypassing the consent/cookie management system (which is designed for legal compliance) encourages websites to disrespect legislation and therefore leaves the user more vulnerable to dishonest practices, even if it does reduce tracking in some instances. In my opinion, the current consent system should be respected, however flawed it may be.

jellizaveta commented 7 months ago

Thanks for letting me know, made a pr

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