On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:26:46 -0800 Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 1, 2014 9:58 AM, "rickknoble" <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Online privacy is an oxymoron. > > Craig has mentioned a set of plugins he uses with Chrome, or maybe it > was Firefox, to block ads and increase privacy. Craig, can you tell us > about your browser configuration again? I use No-Script with both SeaMonkey (my primary browser) and Firefox. It allows blocking or permitting of scripts on each website visited on a script-serving site-by-site basis. One can block all scripts called by a certain website (the default) or allow them on a temporary or permanent basis for the scripts that website serves itself and each of the sites that serve scripts for that website. For example, when I go to http://www.askthebuilder.com/restoring-a-weathered-teak-table/?awt_l=BqPkw&awt_m=J6sS1UDrJrNiL5 , I see the following sources for scripts: - askthebuilder.com - aweber.com - media.net - googlesyndication.com - 5min.com - addthis.com - google.com - googletagservices.com - doubleclick.net - googleusercontent.com - ytimg.com - gstatic.com - youtube.com - facebook.net - twitter.com I have allowed askthebuilder.com, googlesynication.com, google.com, googleusercontent.com, ytimg.com, gstatic.com, youtube.com. I have marked twitter.com and facebook.net as untrusted. I keep away from doubleclick.net and googleanalytics.com as tracking websites. In SeaMonkey, I additionally have unchecked Preferences -> Advanced -> Scripts & Plugins -> "When a page requires plugins Activate all plugins by default" so I don't get flash and other presentations when I don't want them (it decreases the processor load for tasteofhome.com, a website Shirley frequents). I think there is an equivalent in Firefox, but I am more familiar with SeaMonkey. There are also some websites that don't work in SeaMonkey and I have to use Firefox. If I have temporarily allowed (one-by-one) scripts on a website to see the content, I then can "Revoke Temporary Permissions" to reset everything. Sometimes I have found that allowing scripts from one of a website's suppliers then brings up more script suppliers. It's really annoying. Sometimes, they have been four or five deep. In many cases, I have found that not allowing all the scripts keeps advertisements and other such junk from loading; that's quite a benefit on some websites. I haven't tried AdBlock. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
