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uBlock Origin is forever disabled in Chrome. Why it happened and what to use instead (adguard.com)

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[-] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Spoofing the timezone is one that comes to mind. I noticed all the times on websites were off by a significant amount, and that is something that will confuse a regular user. I thought something was wrong until I remembered that LibreWolf tries to hide locale info as much as possible.

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