can we PLEASE stop linking stuff from shit-ass sites that use quasi-malware services like Ad-Shield (the service behind the notorious html-load(dot)com, error-report(dot)com etc.)?
These sites intentionally break and block access when a DNS based ad blocker is used. Not because the site can’t load - it actually loads perfectly fine behind the blockout - but because these fuckers intentionally unload CSS to break the site if ads won’t load… via the same exact methods web malware loads malicious scripts.
I have some heavy DNS filtering and the site still loads fine in Vanadium on GrapheneOS. Many sites refuse to load in the way you describe and it is annoying, but I didn’t know this site was doing that.
Interesting.
I run my own AGH gateway at home with pretty heavy filtering, plus my iDevices have a NextDNS profile installed - and now most big tech sites do this crap…
If you use a script blocker (such as UBO) those stupid error pages tend not to work. Not helpful for any unrooted devices, I know, just throwing it out there.
Sadly not an option on iOS.
Sounds to me like you accidentally have a cdn on the list? And can confirm, works for me (but i have usercss for TH anyway; their desktop-layout sucks).
For further information:
html-load(dot)com, error-report(dot)com are domains owned by Ad-Shield and similar “as recovery” services that:
- inject a script into the site from its own host
- script checks if ad blocs load content or not
- if no ad content is loaded, they phone home to html-load(dot)com or a similar address (making it appear to the average user that they’re some “core internet service”)
- id html-load or their other domains aren’t reachable (they send a keyed request so it’s not as easy as having your own server respond with an empty
{}script), the site will unload CSS and deliver a blocking view
So it’s a geoip thing? Maybe because GDPR that i don’t get it?
No, the block is very specifically about ad recovery via html-load(dot)com…
Isn’t there a uB or *monkey script that nips those in the bud? 🤞🏼
Neither of which are available on iOS in non-Safari browsers
Ah, sorry. I had no idea. 😅
Wait wait - is it also advertised as a 1TB card that’s configured to show 1TB of space when you plug it in, but then it’s really just a 4GB card?
it’s really just a 4MB card?
an interim fix using epoxy over the card.
Lmao encase that shit. Bro, we just need more physical security, trust me.
A self destruct could fix it 😆
discovered what Li calls backdoor accounts on another maker’s drive, as well as hardcoded keys in other supposedly secure USB storage products.
What i always say; hardware-based encryption is not secure. It’s always in the triangle between speed, security and cost, the vendors go for speed and cost.
And then there’s stuff like this:
but the drive sent the correct password back over USB in plain text for the software to compare, making it easy to capture
Cookie-cutting on the developer side.
