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This free and open source add-on uses community compiled blocklists to monitor the outgoing browser requests, cancelling those which are going to a know known ad servers. You may get it [https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock from here].
====Improving the defaults====
While the default settings are excellent for adblocking, uBlock Origin is also an excellent tool to help preserve your privacy
* '''Click on the uBlock Origin shield icon''' - found in the top right of your browser usually
* '''Select 'Open the Dashboard'''' - looks like a set of interlocking cogwheels
* '''Select 'Filter Lists' tab'''
* '''Find the section called 'Privacy'''' - you may have to expand it by clicking a little '+' sign on the left of the word section title
** Enable all the filters found here
* '''Find the section called 'Annoyances'''' - you may have to expand it by clicking a little '+' sign on the left of the word section title
** '''Enable annoyances filters''' to get rid of many common annoyances from many websites
*** AdGuard Annoyances
*** Fanboy’s Annoyance
*** uBlock filters – Annoyances
** '''Enable social media filters''' if you don't use social media
*** AdGuard Social Media
*** Anti-Facebook
*** Fanboy’s Social
** '''Block cookie banners''' - if you live in EU and don't want to be annoyed by cookie banners
*** EasyList Cookie
* '''Enable regional filters''' - if you access non-English websites
* '''Hit 'Apply Changes' and 'Update Now' and close the tab'''
==Android devices==
If you have an Android 9 or later device, you can change your DNS provider to a provider which will refuse to resolve ads, thus giving you DNS based tracking and content blocking.
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