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gorhill / httpswitchboard

Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.
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Feature req: ability to only mark websites as dubious, as opposed to fully blocking them? #402

Closed attila-lendvai closed 10 years ago

attila-lendvai commented 10 years ago

the situation: initially there was onion.com alone, writing fake articles in a funny style. people learned it and took it for what it is. then contenders started to multiply, with much less funny articles but in large numbers that is harder and harder to keep track of every day.

i was pondering, maybe a feature in HTTPSB could help track those sites without fully blocking them, but marking them somehow to the user?

other examples: Empire News, National Report, and sometimes Examiner.com as listed here: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/attention-free-thinkers-whistleblowers-cop-watchers-read-sharing-news-story/

ghost commented 10 years ago

I believe this extension is more about protecting yourself from different types of browser features (cookies, Javascript, referrers) and their misuse by sites than from malicious news sources that misreport or fabricate events.

attila-lendvai commented 10 years ago

ok, i myself was dubious whether HTTPSB is the right place for this. i guess we need to get back to work on a new layer for internet v2.0 where every piece of data is digitally signed...