Re: [LUG] Ad blockers

[Neil via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/03/17 18:03, Martin Gautier via list wrote:
> On 27/03/17 17:49, D-Tronics UK via list wrote:
> > The way they detect is they download a test file in the background if
> > they detect the file wasn't successfully downloaded they know a
> > adblocker was used.
> >
> > If using google chrome you can still visit most pages that block you
> > from viewing with AdBlock by right clicking on the message, selecting
> > inspect and then right clicking on the element highlighted and
> > selecting delete, should work with most sites
> uBlock has this built into a feature that bypasses these checks I believe.
I must look for that. I do use uBlock origin, but there are so many 
preferences that I have never noticed that feature.

Neil

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