We haven't figured out what to do with tv yet. Great technology but ads are
about the most interesting thing on tv anyways. Why would you skip them?
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On 24 Dec 2014, at 7:17 am, Corneliu I. Tusnea
wrote:
Alternative 7) Install a Windows Media Center for your TV, record all th
Alternative 7) Install a Windows Media Center for your TV, record all the
shows you want learn to skip the ads and never see an ad again on TV :)
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:54 PM, David Connors wrote:
> Or:
>
> 7) Sit on your arse in front of the TV watching endless shit for dickheads
> ads for s
I don't know if it was one person's 1 pixel tracker continued into multiple
replies or if a couple of you have them added to your messages
automatically, but they've been ironic anyway!
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Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
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Behalf Of Stephen Price
Sent: Tuesday, 23 December 2014 9:08 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
No, I too think targeted advertising is awesome. I am a consumer, and I dare
say you are too. If you deny it then that's fine. Denial is a powerful
No, i like targeted advertising too, but I just realised it's missing!
Where's my adSense gone
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:56 PM, David Burstin
wrote:
> I am the fourth.
>
> Sent from my flux capacitor. Please excuse brevity and any odd autocorrect
> errors.
> On 23/12/2014 9:32 PM, "David Co
I am the fourth.
Sent from my flux capacitor. Please excuse brevity and any odd autocorrect
errors.
On 23/12/2014 9:32 PM, "David Connors" wrote:
> I am definitely the third at least. Or second runner up.
> On 23 Dec 2014 19:08, "Mark Hurd" wrote:
>
>> On 23 December 2014 at 17:24, David Connor
On 23 Dec 2014 20:07, "Stephen Price"
> p.s. For those clinging to the belief we are human beings, not numbers...
Break it all down to the purest form and we are numbers. Maths, physics,
Chemistry. etc. We are numbers. You think that's air you're breathing?
Hmm...
Don't go all quantum on us Price.
I am definitely the third at least. Or second runner up.
On 23 Dec 2014 19:08, "Mark Hurd" wrote:
> On 23 December 2014 at 17:24, David Connors wrote:
>
>> Or:
>>
>> 7) Sit on your arse in front of the TV watching endless shit for
>> dickheads ads for stuff you DON'T want and revel in your new f
No, I too think targeted advertising is awesome. I am a consumer, and I
dare say you are too. If you deny it then that's fine. Denial is a powerful
tool for avoiding the truth. How many times I've found out about some tool
or product or something for the first time and though, damnit, how did I
not
On 23 December 2014 at 17:24, David Connors wrote:
> Or:
>
> 7) Sit on your arse in front of the TV watching endless shit for dickheads
> ads for stuff you DON'T want and revel in your new freedom.
>
> I must be the only person here who thinks that targeted ads are a good
> idea. Endless ads for
I don't want to sound like some sort of alarmist new-age libertarian
fear-mongering politically correct human rights activist but ...
Advertising is evil, it's mass orchestrated propaganda, most of it riddled
with lies and deception. It attempts to manipulate and change you, slowly
and cruelly, con
Or:
7) Sit on your arse in front of the TV watching endless shit for dickheads
ads for stuff you DON'T want and revel in your new freedom.
I must be the only person here who thinks that targeted ads are a good
idea. Endless ads for boat add-ons and things I can BBQ pork with ... Mmmm
pork. Imagin
5.) Delete all social media accounts.
6.) Stop using any device that's connected. I forget the name of it but
there is a security rating (class C? I forget) where no connectivity, no
keyboard no monitor and no external drives are required. Or something along
those lines.
7.) Become Amish.
On Tue,
There is a few things you can do.
1) use DuckDuckGo as your search provider
2) remove all your history from Chrome (and the other browsers for that
matter). - I got a shock and found over 155000 entries in my history dating
back some years
3) only run your browser in private mode
For Chrome:
>
> So how come when I ring up the ATO they don't know who I am? ;)
>
It's simple .. the ATO doesn't yet have access to the databases of Google
and the NSA.
There lays the reason why I'm not worried about people (and computers)
collecting my information. Most of it will be lost. ;)
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On 22 Dec 2014, at 5:54 pm, Greg Harris
wrote:
because they know everything about you but their computer system are so
@#$%^&* that they can not help
because they know everything about you but their computer system are so
@#$%^&* that they can not help any of their staff to do their job!
(does this feel like Friday?)
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Stephen Price
wrote:
> So how come when I ring up the ATO they don't know who I am? ;)
>
> On
So how come when I ring up the ATO they don't know who I am? ;)
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
>
> You can lodge a BAS with the ATO using it. (You can’t with IE 11)…
>>
>
> That means that Google and the NSA now have full access to our tax
> records ;-)
>
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> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh
> *Sent:* Monday
;Mark Hurd"
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 5:04 PM
To: "ozDotNet"
Subject: Re: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
On 22 December 2014 at 17:01, Greg Low (??) wrote:
> You can lodge a BAS with the ATO using it. (You can't with IE 11).
>
That's funny! I never tried
On 22 December 2014 at 17:01, Greg Low (博士低格雷格) wrote:
> You can lodge a BAS with the ATO using it. (You can’t with IE 11)…
>
That's funny! I never tried to lodge with IE11 but I had to use it
(and not Chrome) to actually set up the authentication/authorization
used by the ATO. I don't recall the
t-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Monday, 22 December 2014 5:55 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
You can lodge a BAS with the ATO using it. (You can’t with IE 11)…
That means that Google and the NSA now have full access to our tax records ;-)
>
> You can lodge a BAS with the ATO using it. (You can’t with IE 11)…
>
That means that Google and the NSA now have full access to our tax
records ;-)
et.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Monday, 22 December 2014 4:05 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
What's wrong with Chrome?
There's nothing actually wrong with it (except arguably that it's created by
evil Google). But there&#x
>
> What's wrong with Chrome?
>
There's nothing actually *wrong *with it (except arguably that it's created
by evil Google). But there's nothing *right* with it, it's just another
browser cluttering up my attention for no great advantage I can find. Can
it do something I'm not aware of that will c
What's wrong with Chrome?
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
> But if you want to avoid Google's tracking, use DuckDuckGo:
>> http://donttrack.us/
>> https://duckduckgo.com/
>>
>
> This is really interesting, and I'm going to switch over to it for a while
> to test it out. We hav
>
> But if you want to avoid Google's tracking, use DuckDuckGo:
> http://donttrack.us/
> https://duckduckgo.com/
>
This is really interesting, and I'm going to switch over to it for a while
to test it out. We have to assume they're being honest about their no
tracking policy eh?!
For my own sanit
Personally I prefer to get targeted ads rather than random ads.
But if you want to avoid Google's tracking, use DuckDuckGo:
http://donttrack.us/
https://duckduckgo.com/
--
Regards,
Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
On 21 December 2014 at 10:34, Iain Carlin wrote:
> I had a similar experience abou
I had a similar experience about 18 months ago involving Kogan (Crookgan)
and Gumtree.
My solution is as follows:
Use Chrome as your browser then install the following plug-ins:
a. Blur (Do Not Track Me):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/donottrackme-online-priva/epanfjkfahimkgomn
Do you use Chrome? Do you search while signed into a Google account?
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
> Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of fine-tipped
> pens, found them at Officeworks, and went down and bought them (as well as
> some paper and other
w!
>> --
>> From: Greg Keogh
>> Sent: 19/12/2014 6:05 PM
>> To: ozDotNet
>> Subject: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
>>
>> Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of
>> fine-tipped pens, found them a
igital age - privacy is a luxury now!
> --
> From: Greg Keogh
> Sent: 19/12/2014 6:05 PM
> To: ozDotNet
> Subject: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
>
> Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of fine-tipped
> pens, found them at Officeworks, and
something you already
own.
Welcome to the digital age - privacy is a luxury now!
-Original Message-
From: "Greg Keogh"
Sent: 19/12/2014 6:05 PM
To: "ozDotNet"
Subject: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking
Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of fine
Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of fine-tipped
pens, found them at Officeworks, and went down and bought them (as well as
some paper and other stuff). This evening I went to this web page:
http://www.myerrorsandmysolutions.com/how-to-install-certificates-file-cer-on-mic
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