Reply to post: Re: Hang on a minute

uBlock Origin ad-blocker knocked for blocking hack attack squawking

ScottHelme

Re: Hang on a minute

"So you're saying that anything reported back should be known anyway, then you knock uBlock for not reporting ?"

That particular comment was regarding information about the user and their privacy. Sending a report discloses the user's IP address and User-Agent string for the browser, but the site already knows those so there is no additional privacy concern.

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