Flatsonar

LiveBlock

by AdamNolle

Local, on-device ad blocker

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher MIT
Install Source code

About

LiveBlock intercepts your screen frames in real time, detects advertisements with an on-device neural network, and replaces them with a content-aware fill — so ads vanish from anything you can see. All processing is local. No frames leave your machine.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-data/LiveBlock
    --filesystem=xdg-data/LiveBlock:create
  • portal Desktop
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop
  • portal ScreenCast
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast
  • portal GlobalShortcuts
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.GlobalShortcuts
  • portal FileChooser
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser
  • portal Notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.Notifications

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • com.adamnolle.LiveBlock claims the domain adamnolle.com; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace
  • the build has network access: it can download things the manifest does not list
    build-options:--share=network

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.