![]() The digital certificate read as valid in my browser, but I couldn't find any reference to what entity this certificate was licensed to through that avenue, and I am unsure of the rules regarding obtaining a. The content of the page itself looked legitimate, but looking at the web address I'd been directed to, I noticed that the domain was "" rather than simply "" as this forum and the main page of Adblock Plus have. I am aware that some phishing attempts will use scripts hidden either in a poorly-screened ad, or in the code of an attacked page to redirect a browser from the original site to their own page, and I am aware that because wiki pages are modifiable by third parties as part of their function, they can be especially vulnerable, so this already raised my hackles. I had never received this sort of solicitation from Adblock Plus in any media, yet this one appeared as an automatic redirect from a game wiki that I was browsing. I'll try to walk through my thought process as I considered the page.įor starters, this request appeared very unexpectedly. I'm glad to know that this solicitation was legitimate.Īs for why I suspected foul play, I think it was a combination of factors. Thank you for your very detailed reply and thank you for the work you do to maintain Adblock Plus. All of those are a tremendous help for us for keeping Adblock Plus open and free and for users to have control over the Adblock Plus project. Generally, we are currently trying out different ways to get people engaged with Adblock Plus which includes donations, ratings but also other kinds of contributions. So any further information on why you think it looks phishy and/or suggestions on what we should change, in your opinion, would be quite interesting for us to look into. For example, we want to make it absolutely clear to users whenever we're opening a page that it's coming from us. So if there's something you like or dislike about it, please share it with us because it's going to be helpful for us with this and any other future experiments. On top of that, we're rolling it out very carefully and are closely listening to user feedback on that. This particular experiment is based on how other adblockers are asking their users for donations but we're trying to avoid interrupting anything users are doing (see release notes which includes links to the various development issues with further details). Thanks for reporting it and I can confirm that this page is indeed coming from us (see ui#730). ![]()
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