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is kicked off in [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp#6385 <tt>nsHttpChannel::BeginConnectContinue()</tt>] and goes like this: | is kicked off in [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp#6385 <tt>nsHttpChannel::BeginConnectContinue()</tt>] and goes like this: | ||
# we asynchronously [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#1225 check the blacklist] | |||
# if there's a match, we then [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#974 check the entity whitelist] | |||
# if it doesn't match the whitelist, we [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#1011 treat it as a tracker] | |||
# we either [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#1023 cancel the channel] (for full tracking protection) or [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#1027 set a tracking flag] (for tracking annotations only) | |||
Note that only [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#319 eligible resources] are run through the classifier: | Note that only [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#319 eligible resources] are run through the classifier: | ||
* must not be a [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#355-375 first-party or top-level load] | |||
* addons can request [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#384-386 permission to load tracking resources] | |||
* we check the permission manager for any [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#406-431 manual user overrides] (and an [https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/8affe6e83188787eb61fe0528eeb6eef6081ba06/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp#433-450 in-memory list in Private Browsing]) | |||
==== Tracking annotations ==== | |||
Tracking annotations are used in four different places: | Tracking annotations are used in four different places: | ||