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How adblock plus hides elements?

I try to understand how adblock hides elements. I only see something like that -moz-binding: url("about:abp-elemhidehit?067696143543#dummy") !important;. And this binding is empty. I look in sources and see AboutHandler that intercept abp-elemhidehit?(Math.Random), But it looks like the fact that this class simply counts the number of hits in the filter. How -moz-binding can hide node?

Solution

  • The open method of the HitRegistrationChannel returns <bindings xmlns='http://www.mozilla.org/xbl'><binding id='dummy'/></bindings> on a miss and <bindings xmlns='http://www.mozilla.org/xbl'/> on a hit.

    The former seems neutral and unobtrusive. But the latter has the effect of display:none.

    I don't know what's the benefit of this approach, but it works.

    edit: Probably untrusted code can modify css properties but not -moz-binding