Adblock Plus does pass through geo specific propaganda ads

[andry81]

I don't know where to put it, but I think I have to put it into the light by the extension which works as expected.

The Adblock Plus does not block Ukraine war propaganda in Russia (Mozilla Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus).
There is evidences, for example, this link: https://linuxhint.com/bash_-print-_variable/
It might be not visible if browser thinks you are from a different country.

I've tested the link and actually it does replace one ads by propaganda ads, which means it behaves like a malware.
I don't think this is a random issue and adblockplus did it on purpose, so all addons like these: https://github.com/easylist/ruadlist/wiki/RU-Adlist-links may be also compromised.

[MasterKia]

Could you send screenshot from before and after the ads is swapped?
Also uBlock Origin doesn't have the ability to "swap" ads, so you shouldn't have to worry about any compromise in that regard.

[andry81]

Could you send screenshot from before and after the ads is swapped?

https://linuxhint.com/bash_-print-_variable/

[dimisa-RUAdList]

I can reproduce it. These are Google ads, and Adblock Plus considers them acceptable by default. However, this can be easily disabled in the settings: https://forums.lanik.us/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=22511

[andry81]

Is that mean that the web site is responsible to show a specific ad in a region, right? If so, then all the acceptable ads has to be disabled for the sake of security now?

[dimisa-RUAdList]

Of course. You can read the full Adblock Plus setup recommendations here.

[andry81]

Thx for explanation!

[MasterKia]

@andry81

The uBlock project does not support Adblock Plus' "Acceptable Ads Manifesto", because the "Acceptable Ads" marketing campaign is really the business plan of a for-profit entity.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

[andry81]

There is an article in russian with deep details about AdBlock Plus marketing: https://habr.com/ru/post/310006/
You can translate the page with the google translation.