Hey - did you know if you click on the title of a thread it will take you to the first unread post since you last visited that thread?
but were afraid to ask: 
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Yeah.....one thing I do is AdBlockPlus, the other is Ghostery. Stops those google tracking cookies dead.
I also have a list of anonymous servers.
When I used to have to research competitor's websites, ALWAYS used one of those.
No Android, no I-anything...keep the profile low.
I also have a list of anonymous servers.
When I used to have to research competitor's websites, ALWAYS used one of those.
No Android, no I-anything...keep the profile low.
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Huh? WhattIgootado to stop this?
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Unplug yer computer.
I'm just waiting...Supreme Court just decided cops putting GPS units on your car without a warrant is no go....and they also said there is some question on the tracking states do with Good-To-Go tolling passes (they DO track your every move), with our latest (local) bridge tolling that only uses such.
Scary. Everybody thinks invasion of privacy is okay.
I'm just waiting...Supreme Court just decided cops putting GPS units on your car without a warrant is no go....and they also said there is some question on the tracking states do with Good-To-Go tolling passes (they DO track your every move), with our latest (local) bridge tolling that only uses such.
Scary. Everybody thinks invasion of privacy is okay.
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ab-so-loot-ly.
I kills pop-ups, but more importantly, it kills trackers.
From what I have seen, the ads themselves, or the site hosting the ad, have trackers attached.
This site often has a paypal cookie attached, but not this morning.
Evilbait, paypal, google, yahoo, not one of them has any right to track me.
Any free program I can find that stops it, I use.
Ghostery is great.
Take BCF. Separate ads, no pop-ups of floaters.....I had one site I used to use for business, had overlays. Every time we figured out how to kill them, they changed the coding and it came back. So, I cancelled my ad and left. But here, you can click if you want, they don't pop up all over the place.
Facebook.
Good example of gross stupidity in action.
All the recent changes (that nobody wanted) ended up with free software called Fluff-Busting Purity (FBP), that can be tailored to completely kill every ad they put up (play with the pages, no more income), plus brings you back where it used to be (no ticker, chat, groupings, and all that BS).
If I accidentally click on an ad on some website, Ghostery pops up and tells me which tracking cookie is there, and that it has been blocked.
You can open the ad, and it will not track you.
With all the changes these invasive designers keep trying, I am guessing this year I may have to find something else, and stronger to add to my repertoire.
I kills pop-ups, but more importantly, it kills trackers.
From what I have seen, the ads themselves, or the site hosting the ad, have trackers attached.
This site often has a paypal cookie attached, but not this morning.
Evilbait, paypal, google, yahoo, not one of them has any right to track me.
Any free program I can find that stops it, I use.
Ghostery is great.
Take BCF. Separate ads, no pop-ups of floaters.....I had one site I used to use for business, had overlays. Every time we figured out how to kill them, they changed the coding and it came back. So, I cancelled my ad and left. But here, you can click if you want, they don't pop up all over the place.
Facebook.
Good example of gross stupidity in action.
All the recent changes (that nobody wanted) ended up with free software called Fluff-Busting Purity (FBP), that can be tailored to completely kill every ad they put up (play with the pages, no more income), plus brings you back where it used to be (no ticker, chat, groupings, and all that BS).
If I accidentally click on an ad on some website, Ghostery pops up and tells me which tracking cookie is there, and that it has been blocked.
You can open the ad, and it will not track you.
With all the changes these invasive designers keep trying, I am guessing this year I may have to find something else, and stronger to add to my repertoire.
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I also use Adblock & Ghostery (& Greasemonkey) to tailor the appearance of many sites and provide at least some privacy. But - I looked at the new Google "Simplified" privacy policies on their site and they suggested looking in their Dashboard to see what they know about me. I was really surprised at the amount of data they had. Their policies (e.g. to collect cell phone numbers, serial numbers of certain software such as Windows itself) continually referred to those logged on with Google ID's. I figured I was safe since I don't have one.
Forgot about YouTube. Even though I seldom actually log on to the id, they had info collected right up to the minute. You can erase some of it, which I did. Supposedly. Creepy.
Forgot about YouTube. Even though I seldom actually log on to the id, they had info collected right up to the minute. You can erase some of it, which I did. Supposedly. Creepy.
