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On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 20:40:17 tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> On 07/16 07:35, Mick wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 20:08:03 tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> > > PS: |
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> > > |
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> > > Found here: |
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> > > https://gigaom.com/2014/05/11/not-all-ad-blockers-are-the-same-heres-why |
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> > > -the -effs-privacy-badger-is-different/ |
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> > > |
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> > > "Ghostery makes money by tracking the trackers while blocking them and |
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> > > selling data about third party trackers, which it calls Ghostrank. |
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> > > Disconnect takes a pay-what-you-want approach, but it is still |
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> > > developed by a for-profit company founded by a former Google engineer. |
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> > > Adblock is donation-supported, but many users confuse it with |
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> > > ***>Adblock |
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> > > Plus, which has generated controversy for having advertisers pay to |
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> > > land on a whitelist <*** . While Adblock and Adblock plus allow users to |
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> > > add upload their own blacklists and whitelists, Ghostery and Disconnect |
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> > > do not even allow users to add new filters." |
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> > > (marks be me are not part of the citiation) |
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> > > |
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> > > Cheers |
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> > > Meino |
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> > |
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> > I tried to configure Chromium to stop loading adverts on a particular |
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> > website. After half an hour of fighting with embedded |
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> > frames/JavaScript/etc. eventually I managed to block half a dozen CDNs |
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> > and add servers. A week later to my surprise I saw adverts loading again |
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> > when I visited the same website! What the ... ? They are rotating CDN |
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> > addresses and domain names, probably to make user attempts to block their |
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> > payload futile. |
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> > |
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> > What annoys me most is websites which download GB of advertising videos |
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> > and |
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> > won't stop whatever you try. Some will continue to download c*ap on your |
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> > PC even after you leave the page! Chromium has a setting to block this, |
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> > but I have not tested it to see whether it works as ... advertised. :-) |
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> Hi Rick, |
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> |
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> "Chromium" is based on Googles "Chrome", isn't it? |
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> Is Chromium 100% Google-free? |
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> Or does is only changed big brothers name? |
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> |
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> Sorry for being so pessimistic... |
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> |
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> Cheers |
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> Meino |
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I assume by "Rick" you refer to me, but either way, this explains the |
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differences: |
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https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/chromium_browser_vs_google_chrome.md |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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