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On 07/16 10:48, tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> On 07/16 09:18, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 09:59:54 tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> > > On 07/16 08:51, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > --->8 |
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> > > > Have you tried Ghostery? |
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> > > > http://www.ghostery.com |
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> > > Hi Peter, |
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> > > no, due to this reason: |
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> > > "Ghostery is owned by Evidon, a company that collects and provides data to |
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> > > advertising companies." Source here: |
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> > > https://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-> to-a-514417864 |
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> > I hadn't read that; interesting. But note that it only says your data are |
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> > collected if you choose to "support" them, and apparently the data are |
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> > anonymised. Actually, when I looked just now I found that choice made for me |
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> > by default. I've now changed it - thanks for the pointer! |
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> > I'll continue to use Ghostery for the moment, as it seems highly effective in |
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> > stopping all manner of intrusions. |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards |
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> > Peter |
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> Hi Peter, |
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> How far would you trust a company, which makes money from selling |
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> my/your data and is promoting a tool to prevent exactly this? |
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> Me: Not a single radius/wave length of a quantum... |
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> "Anonymised data" is a bad joke in post Orwell times... |
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> Cheers |
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> Meino |
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See also here: |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery |
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cite: |
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"Some say that Ghostery, Inc. plays a dual role in the online |
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advertising industry. Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal |
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information. But it does have an opt-in feature GhostRank that can be |
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checked to "support" them. GhostRank takes note of ads encountered and |
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blocked, and sends that information back to advertisers so they can |
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better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[22] Though Ghostery |
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claims that the data are anonymized, patterns of web page visits |
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cannot truly be anonymized.[23] Thus not everyone sees Evidon's |
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business model as conflict-free. "Evidon has a financial incentive to |
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encourage the program's adoption and discourage alternatives like Do |
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Not Track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive |
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relationships with intrusive advertising companies," says Jonathan |
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Mayer, a Stanford grad student and privacy advocate." |
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Cheers |
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Meino |