Q: what chrome adblocker is the most honest, the most open source, does the least spying?
ChatGPT 5.0 mini: For Chrome, uBlock Origin Lite is the best pick if your priorities are “most open source” and “least spying.” It’s open source, the developer says it won’t collect or use your data, and its Chrome Web Store listing says your data is not sold or used beyond core functionality. It’s also the least “hand-wavy” of the mainstream options.
If you want the next-best alternative, AdGuard AdBlocker is also open source and publicly says it does not collect information about you; its Chrome listing discloses permissions and links to source code.
I’d rank them like this for Chrome: 1) uBlock Origin Lite, 2) AdGuard, 3) Privacy Badger. Privacy Badger is very trustworthy and open source, but it’s more of a tracker blocker than a full ad blocker, so it’s usually weaker for ads.
If you’re willing to switch browsers, the “best overall” answer is full uBlock Origin on Firefox or Brave; Chrome only gets the limited Lite version because of Manifest V3.
Q: is uBlock Origin Lite 100% open source and no backdoords?
It’s open source and the code is public under GPL-3.0, so anyone can inspect it. But no one can honestly promise “100% no backdoors” in an absolute sense. The practical answer is: it looks transparent and well-audited by the community, but you still have to trust the maintainer and the build/distribution chain.
If you want maximum confidence, install only from the official source and stick to the published releases.
Hello data traveler,
don’t know about u but imho ads blocking imho is “SELF DEFENSE” against trash for the brain.
“show me the src” https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/dist#build-instructions-for-developers
just in case looking for the same answer, did not figure out, how to blog a specific <tag> (including it’s content </tag> UNLESS it has a class: <tag class=”AnnoyingAds”
then it goes like this:
! 2023-04-03 https://www.ebay.de www.ebay.de##.AnnoyingAds www.ebay.de##.carousel__autoplay.carousel--slides
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