FAQ

Under construction.

What does HTTP Switchboard does more than, say, AdBlock+ or AdBlock?

There is AdBlock, and there is AdBlock Plus (which the EFF advise to install).

If you really care about your privacy, it is good to know what is happening behind a web page, so I did some tests to compare AdBlock and AdBlock Plus vs HTTP Switchboard. See the differences for yourself when using real web pages, and make an informed choice:

• AdBlock vs HTTP Switchboard:
  • edition.cnn.com
  • nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com.
• AdBlock Plus (using EFF installation instructions) vs HTTP Switchboard:
  • edition.cnn.com
  • nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com.

Using out of the box settings for AdBlock and HTTP Switchboard. Using settings suggested by EFF for AdBlock Plus. Note that with HTTP Switchboard, the user does not need to explicitly change the cookie settings in chromium/chrome (as required with AdBlock Plus). If cookies are blacklisted for a domain, any outbound cookie will be removed, regardless of chromium/chrome owns settings.

In the top left of the matrix, what is "other"?

So far, here is what I found:

• favicon.ico
• web fonts
• HTML5 <audio> tag
• HTML5 <video> tag

What do you gain out of this?

Nothing, the project is GPLv3. I am having fun doing this though.