Hacker News Reader

uBlock blocks webRTC leaking. it's also way better and faster than the crummy adblock extension.

Well, I use Firefox, and just disable WebRTC :)

So does uBlock allow web torrents, while blocking webRTC leaks? I doubt it, because peers need to know public IP address. Unless you run a VPN client in the router, anyway.

I don't think it disables WebRTC, per se. I think uBlock prevents WebRTC applications from leaking your IP. Hangouts still works with WebRTC leaking disabled through uBlock, so that leads me to believe that's what's going on.

If feross is right about WebRTC no longer leaking IP, then maybe it's not necessary to prevent leaks with uBlock?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com