On Thu, 30 May 2019 16:50:52 +0000 Rick Knoble via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >Alphabet/Google reads all my text messages, that is troubling > > Facebook collects a ton of data also. Even if you don't have an account > with them. It is speculated FB, and perhaps others can listen to > conversations, even when the app is not open. True? I don't know. I use > FB on a Firefox mobile browser, with Adblock Plus, Privacy Badger, > Noscript, and still get a few targeted ads (stuff I've searched for). > If I disable the add-ons, the advertising is overwhelming. Most > articles I read, I use reader mode anyway. The same can be done in > chrome mobile also. Do smartphones have anything like a hosts file? On our desktop and laptop (in Windows, as well as Linux), I have some of the Googs and all of fb, twitter, pinterest, and many other suspect sites blocked by setting the addresses to the local dump url (127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0). I ran across winhelp2002.mvps.org and the fellow's edited host file works on Linux, too. 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
