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English Wikipedia bans archive.today (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 15 hours ago by onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 131 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Archive.today apparently hijacks visitor's browsers to DDoS a blog that tried to uncover the identity of the archive's admin. UBlock helps to stop that script.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 77 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Another example why Unlock Origin should be considered essential security software, not just an "ad-block".

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

If a tool is demonstrably indispensable to disable some browsers' functionality, is it wise for browsers to have that functionality?

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

There may be genuine use cases to run a script, or whatever the attacker used. The problem is the browsers will auto-run stuff, the user isn't aware and there's no way to stop it. All unlock does is provide the missing security layer called "don't auto run shit from the web".

[–] JPAKx4@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 hours ago

I like it being extensible instead, as some adblocks might be opinionated or unresponsive. It's easier to swap adblocks then browsers.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 34 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

UBlock helps to stop that script.

Would that be by default, or do I need to enable something specific

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 hours ago

It's by default easylist-privacy list is default

[–] kip@piefed.zip 30 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

from the blog in question

On January 21, commit ^bbf70ec (warning: very large) added gyrovague.com to dns-blocklists, used by ad blocking services like uBlock Origin. This is actually beneficial, since if you have an ad blocker installed, the DDOS script’s network requests are now blocked. (It does not stop users from browsing to my blog directly.)

- https://gyrovague.com/2026/02/01/archive-today-is-directing-a-ddos-attack-against-my-blog/

can't find anything from a quick look that confirms this list is used by default in ubo

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't see that particular list, but the same filter is present in EasyPrivacy from EasyList, which is enabled in uBO by default.

[–] kip@piefed.zip 4 points 10 hours ago

nice one, cheers. it's there in line 16607 in EasyPrivacy, same guy runs btdig dot com?

||gyrovague.com^$domain=archive.fo|archive.is|archive.li|archive.md|archive.ph|archive.today|archive.vn|btdig.com

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 14 hours ago

from what I heard, the default one is enough. Although I haven't checked it

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

I don't know more than what the wiki article linked to. It says UBlock blocks it. It doesn't say any more than that.

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

makes sense, I didn't get it when people started saying it but I don't browse without ublock