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On 07/16 02:45, Urs Schütz wrote: |
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> On 07/16/17 14:08, tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> > On 07/16 01:58, Urs Schütz wrote: |
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> > > On 07/16/17 05:56, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> > > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:44 AM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > > > > On 07/16 03:12, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> > > > > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 2:11 AM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > > > > > > On 07/16 01:59, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 1:47 AM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > > Hi, |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > that drives my insane: |
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> > > > > > > > > While searching items for my DIY Nixie clock on aliexpress I get |
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> > > > > > > > > one certain popup with each new access to aliexpress asking |
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> > > > > > > > > me, whether I am new to aliexpress and offers me a coupon. |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > I have no othe chance than clicking on this [beep] pop up |
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> > > > > > > > > to be able to see the page contents. |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > I searched the web for according informations how to block |
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> > > > > > > > > this [beep] popup, but I only get informations how to |
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> > > > > > > > > remove a certain kind of adware virus from Mac and Windows. |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > Since this virus pops up an advertisement of constantly changing |
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> > > > > > > > > goods and is page filling I am sure I am not suffering from this. |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > If anyone out there has solved this problem without disabling |
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> > > > > > > > > the possibility to /buy/ something on aliexpress PLEASE HELP |
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> > > > > > > > > ME. I AM NEAR INSANITY! ;) :) |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance for any life saver! |
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> > > > > > > > > Cheers |
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> > > > > > > > > Meino |
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> > > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > You might be able to block the element on the page using uBlock |
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> > > > > > > > Origin, but unfortunately that type of ad is very hard to remove. If |
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> > > > > > > > you have to interact with it is harder to select using uBlock's |
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> > > > > > > > interface. |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > You can also use Greasemonkey to block more invasive ads, but I never |
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> > > > > > > > had much luck with that. It's designed to do more than filter |
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> > > > > > > > background content. |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > I feel like I need to ask whether or not you've done something like |
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> > > > > > > > disable cookies. I'd not suggest doing that, at most delete all of |
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> > > > > > > > them when you close your browser session. It's impossible to use most |
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> > > > > > > > pages without having cookies enabled (this makes automating things |
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> > > > > > > > with web libraries infuriating). |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > > R0b0t1. |
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> > > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > Hi R0b0t1, |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > For "normal browsing" I created a profile for firefox which is privacy |
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> > > > > > > enhanced -- blocking all sorts of things. This profile works half |
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> > > > > > > with the sites I normally visit. |
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> > > > > > > Aliexpress get screwed up when visited using this profile. |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > So I created a second profile, which I use for Aliexpress only. This |
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> > > > > > > one has only some privacy related things enabled. Aliexpress works -- |
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> > > > > > > including poping up this [beep] "Are you new to Aliexpress?" popup. |
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> > > > > > > Cookies are enabled with this profile. |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > Does it do this on every page load or just the first time you interact with it? |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > I did the following: |
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> > > > > *** Surf to www.aliexpress.com (no popup and no way to search despite |
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> > > > > the fact that a search bar is shown.) |
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> > > > > *** Click on any product -- product will be displayed and popup pops |
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> > > > > up (hence the name), click the popup to remove it. Search bar now works. |
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> > > > > *** Click "reload tab"...the whole [beep] starts from the beginning. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I've managed to block something similar using uBlock Origin, but it |
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> > > > was really hard to select it with the GUI picker that creates blocking |
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> > > > rules for you. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > The technical term for what the website is using is called a popover |
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> > > > and I remember people talking about blocking them with uBlock Origin |
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> > > > because they are hard to block, but I can't find anything relevant to |
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> > > > this discussion in Google. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > > > > As soon as I login into Aliexpress the popup disappears -- now |
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> > > > > > > Aliexpress is satisfied, because tracking my searches is now |
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> > > > > > > personalized. |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > If you can't find a way to target the overlay with uBlock Origin you |
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> > > > > > might try looking at https://greasyfork.org/en and using Greasemonkey. |
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> > > > > > Unfortunately all the premade scripts I could find were simple things |
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> > > > > > like pricing changes. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Why Greasemonkey is especially use ful in this case? |
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> > > > > (this is curiosity -- and NO expression of doubt, R0b0t1! :) |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Greasemonkey injects JavaScript onto your webpages based on filter |
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> > > > criteria, so you can effectively do anything your browser can do when |
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> > > > displaying the webpage. Some of the more impressive feats are |
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> > > > reengineered webpages that are better than the original service, most |
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> > > > of them are mundane and only alter a few values on a webpage. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > You can also use it for laser-guided adblocking if you need to. |
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> > > > Unfortunately Greasemonkey requires quite a bit of knowledge about |
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> > > > itself, web development, and the page you are trying to modify, so I |
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> > > > can't be of much help apropos. |
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> > > > > > > Its the same reason for why buying via Aliexpress App on a |
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> > > > > > > smartphone/tablet is cheaper than using a PC. |
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> > > > > > > I am using XPrivacy on my Android tablet which shows, blocks |
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> > > > > > > or allows ANY access to permissions like "Get your location" |
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> > > > > > > et cetera -- I instantly deleted that App after I saw, what this |
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> > > > > > > App wants to know. |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > It's sad to see another website doing this. There's a few that make it |
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> > > > > > all but impossible to use the service without logging in or supplying |
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> > > > > > information one way or another. If the creator of the website doesn't |
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> > > > > > want you to use it, I'm not sure there's a lot that can ultimately be |
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> > > > > > done about it. |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > In a similar vein, my phone now displays advertising. The state of |
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> > > > > > computing has me despondent. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > For your phone: Root it, install XPosed/XPosedInstaller, install XPrivacy, install |
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> > > > > Bootmanager, install PreventRunning, install AFWall -- and your |
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> > > > > phone is yours again. Buying XPrivacy is worth every cent (it is |
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> > > > > cheap!) and it can be bought directly by its developer Marcel |
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> > > > > Bokhorst via Mony transfer -- no need to feed Google again! |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > For more drop me a PM. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > I might take you up on your offer but the main issue is my phone isn't |
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> > > > a flagship device so I can't expect a ROM to exist for it. I suppose |
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> > > > I'll check. |
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> > > > R0b0t1. |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > AdblockPlus, "Select an element to hide". Selecting the red window with the |
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> > > mouse will add something like this to the blocking list: |
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> > > aliexpress.com##.ui-window.ui-window-normal.ui-window-transition.ui-newuser-layer-dialog |
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> > > and |
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> > > aliexpress.com##.newuser-container |
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> > > |
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> > > Urs |
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> > > |
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> > Hi Urs, |
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> > thanks a lot for the hint! |
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> > |
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> > But.,.. |
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> > |
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> > ...take a look into the so called "privacy" policy of AdPlus.org (or |
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> > whatever those think "privacy" means): |
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> > From: https://adblockplus.org/privacy |
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> > cite: |
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> > Collection and processing on AdblockPlus.org |
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> > When using AdblockPlus.org, we automatically collect the following data in order to provide you with our services, and for security reasons: |
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> > A list and explanations follows ... |
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> > As previously mentioned "anonymiyed data" is a joke in the post Orwell |
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> > era of today. |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > Meino |
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> I do not see anything surprising in the AdblockPlus privacy policy. Which |
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> points bother you? Maybe I did not look close enough... |
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> Urs |
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Hi Urs, |
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In general do not trust phrases like "we record the IP addresses for |
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statistical reasons only.....deleted after 30 days" and such. There is |
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no anonymized data nowadays. And the longer such privacy policies are, |
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the more I mistrust them. |
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Even Google has a text called "privacy policy"... |
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Some weeks ago I came accross a site which privacy policy consist of |
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one sentence, |
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"Nothing will be recorded." |
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That's it. I tend to trust such a lot more than these poems of |
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privacy... |
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But may be I am only an old paranoid... |
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Cheers |
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Meino |