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On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 10:59:21 tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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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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> > > |
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> > > > > Have you tried Ghostery? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > http://www.ghostery.com |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Hi Peter, |
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> > > > |
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> > > > no, due to this reason: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > "Ghostery is owned by Evidon, a company that collects and provides |
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> > > > data to advertising companies." Source here: |
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> > > > https://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells |
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> > > > -data-> to-a-514417864> > |
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> > > I hadn't read that; interesting. But note that it only says your data |
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> > > 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 |
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> > > for me by default. I've now changed it - thanks for the pointer! |
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> > > |
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> > > I'll continue to use Ghostery for the moment, as it seems highly |
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> > > effective in stopping all manner of intrusions. |
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> > |
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> > Hi Peter, |
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> > |
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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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> > |
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> > Me: Not a single radius/wave length of a quantum... |
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> > |
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> > "Anonymised data" is a bad joke in post Orwell times... |
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> > |
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> > Cheers |
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> > Meino |
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> |
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> See also here: |
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery |
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> |
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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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Hmm. Plenty to think about there. |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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