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Aucklandjafa

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Topic # 240163 23-Aug-2018 20:17

Just this evening it seems that every website I go to looks as follows. Need to disable adbloker/use safari to be able to do anything. Anyone have any ideas? MacOS 10.13.5 Chrome 68.0.3440.106

Oblivian

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Reply # 2078159 23-Aug-2018 20:40

Looks like not applying any CSS or pulling data from non https (or other way around)

DevTools/F12 is always at your disposal to look at page sources etc for errors..

cryan209

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Reply # 2078168 23-Aug-2018 21:03

It's this https://github.com/easylist/easylist/commit/41eb1d2456a7f23fd8331ff9962f20686c4fa0bf

Someone updated easylist with a error causing websites with 'n' in the url to be blocked

michaelmurfy

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Reply # 2078170 23-Aug-2018 21:05

For starters - Remember, Geekzone is ad-supported and whitelisting is appreciated around here to support our whisky fund. Mauricio has not been taking us out as often as he used to.

However I note you're using "Adblock" or "Adblock Pro" - Just note, these are not recommended if you want browsing privacy as these send usage stats back. You're best to use uBlock Origin which is an opensource and fast ad blocker:

Google Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
Safari: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari

With the default options this will block ads and also block tracking - no need for any further extensions.

Also please be wary of any other extensions you have installed as many do track you. Ghostery is a good example as it is owned by an advertising company and collects data.

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Reply # 2078171 23-Aug-2018 21:06

Try a different ad blocker such as ublock Origin and see if that helps.