HTTP Switchboard as an ad blocker

You can configure HTTP Switchboard in such a way as to make it behaves close to how typical ad blockers work.

Here is how the matrix would look like:

I created a backup file which can be restored (from the About tab) in order to make HTTPSB behave close to how ad blockers work:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/master/stuff/httpsb-just-block-ads-setup.txt.

From this point, you can head to the Ubiquitous rules tab in the dashboard and select more third-party lists to enhance privacy, etc. The preset lists enabled with this setup are:

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/master/assets/thirdparties/pgl.yoyo.org/as/serverlist
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/master/assets/thirdparties/hosts-file.net/ad-servers
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/master/assets/thirdparties/someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/master/assets/thirdparties/easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist.txt

Remember: Restoring data from a full backup file will overwrite all your settings!