No protection from ads according to EFF

[DerSchlingel]

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I've run through a handful tests with the latest Opera 118 on Cover Your Tracks. And the result is shockingly bad:

It makes no difference actually, if I deactivate "allow non intrusive ads" in settings.
Given that it's still not possible to set "block third party cookies" that's really really bad, isn't it?

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Just to compare. That's what I get with Brave:

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And this is, what I get with Vivaldi:

So, why is Opera with its assumed built in ad- and tracker-blocker that bad?

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@DerSchlingel don't you use uBO?

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@pilis00 No, not yet. I'm relying on the advertised built-in blocker. I think, if it doesn't work why then making it a selling point?

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Opera's built in adblocker has few filters in comparison with uBO.

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@pilis00 But even then it should give partial and not no protection on EFF, shouldn‘t it?

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Honestly I don't care about this kind of stuff as there's always a way to be tracked.

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@pilis00 said in No protection from ads according to EFF:

Honestly I don't care about this kind of stuff as there's always a way to be tracked.

That's for sure.