DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials – Deze extensie downloaden voor 🦊 Firefox (nl)
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Download DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials voor Firefox. Privacy vereenvoudigd. Bescherm je gegevens wanneer je online informatie zoekt en browset met trackerblocking, slimmere versleuteling, privé zoeken en browsen, en meer.

My questions are:

  • Does the DuckDuckGo Firefox extension “Privacy Essentials” add a local css file to every visited site?
  • Can others reproduce this?
  • Is this harmfull or not?

Background:

I have a simple static one page site with just one html and css file. It’s completely tracker free. Debugging it a bit with developer mode (F12) on I discovered a second css file. This file isnt on my webserver but added local. To pinpoint what caused this I removed every add-on / extension in my browser one by one, reloading and checking my website every time. Took me a while because didnt expect this one causing it.

To reproduce:

  • Install the extension from the link.
  • Open a random site
  • Check in developer mode the tab Style editor.
  • Scroll and look for a file named %3Ais(%5Bid*%3D’google_ads_iframe’%5D%.css or something like that.
  • Remove the extension and refresh.
  • Check if the file disappears.

Content of the css file: :is([id*=‘google_ads_iframe’], [id*=‘taboola-’], .taboolaHeight, .taboola-placeholder, #credential_picker_container, #credentials-picker-container, #credential_picker_iframe, [id*=‘google-one-tap-iframe’], #google-one-tap-popup-container, .google-one-tap-modal-div, #amp_floatingAdDiv, #ez-content-blocker-container) { display:none!important; min-height:0!important; height:0!important; }

Edit 25-03-2024: Changed title to not give the wrong impression. See comments below.

  • @belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
    32•2 years ago

    This CSS hides all google widgets and ad frames. The parts in the parens are element selectors and the bottom part in curly braces are where it removes visibility and size

    This is how DDG is accomplishing its privacy partly. Once googles ad scripts are blocked the items in these selectors are just blank and this is to remove that weird whitespace left behind.

  • GammaEnglish
    -2•2 years ago

    So you didn’t even try to understand the css, did you?

    • Joël de BruijnOP
      19•2 years ago

      No I did try and since you’re interested in my learning curve versus my personal effort: Since two weeks I learned css for the first time, hobby related and just about to start knowing about flexbox css grid float div and styling them.

      • GammaEnglish
        16•2 years ago

        Sorry for being so harsh, that’s totally fair!

      • swayevenlyEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        Good luck. W3Schools is a great place to learn beginner stuff and for quick refreshers.

        • T (they/she)
          3•2 years ago

          I hate W3Schools and Geeksforgeeks, I have them blocked on my search lol

          MDN all the way

          • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
            2•2 years ago

            W3Schools used to be terrible, but it’s gotten better. MDN is still great, but it’s very much a pure technical reference, not great learning material.