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Firefox DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials Extension NOT injecting CSS for Google Ads (addons.mozilla.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My questions are:

Does the DuckDuckGo Firefox extension "Privacy Essentials" add a local css file to every visited site?
Can others reproduce this?
Is this harmfull or not?

Background:

I have a simple static one page site with just one html and css file. It's completely tracker free. Debugging it a bit with developer mode (F12) on I discovered a second css file. This file isnt on my webserver but added local. To pinpoint what caused this I removed every add-on / extension in my browser one by one, reloading and checking my website every time. Took me a while because didnt expect this one causing it.

To reproduce:

Install the extension from the link.
Open a random site
Check in developer mode the tab Style editor.
Scroll and look for a file named %3Ais(%5Bid*%3D'google_ads_iframe'%5D%.css or something like that.
Remove the extension and refresh.
Check if the file disappears.

Content of the css file: :is([id*='google_ads_iframe'], [id*='taboola-'], .taboolaHeight, .taboola-placeholder, #credential_picker_container, #credentials-picker-container, #credential_picker_iframe, [id*='google-one-tap-iframe'], #google-one-tap-popup-container, .google-one-tap-modal-div, #amp_floatingAdDiv, #ez-content-blocker-container) { display:none!important; min-height:0!important; height:0!important; }

Edit 25-03-2024: Changed title to not give the wrong impression. See comments below.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Good luck. W3Schools is a great place to learn beginner stuff and for quick refreshers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I hate W3Schools and Geeksforgeeks, I have them blocked on my search lol

MDN all the way

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

W3Schools used to be terrible, but it's gotten better. MDN is still great, but it's very much a pure technical reference, not great learning material.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Well, when I was learning I didn't see any issue in using it. I also just learned they have a learning area

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

What is wrong with them? I have found the useful and there examples help me to learn more about context. I am not saying anything about MDN, it may just be superior, but I've rarely referenced it.