Abine
I ran across this today. Damn, does it work! I've blocked 200 in a matter of hours. I found it in an article on how Facebook tracks your activity. It works on four browsers. It's free, of course.
Funny that. I read the same thing and right away I thoguth of this forum (there is a facebook add on here). BTW, did you know that if you type a porn site straight from this forum, Phil can see where have you been surfing.
Always close a tab or type google beforehand. Never go straight to xvideos.com
yeah but the more add-ons you have the more it slows everything down
fred
Yes if your IP and/or puter are marginal.
it is
All website and forum software place cookies on your computer that tracks your movements on the site and as said earlier, records your exit links. In many countries it has become law that site owners have to inform its visitors about tracking. If you don't want to be tracked you have to set you browser accordingly. Don't forget to set third party cookies as well.
Sent from my mobile phone. Apologise for the typos!
Whats the point? Who would care about the porn sites I'm visiting?
if he actually was watching me he'd have found some GREAT porn sites.Originally Posted by buddahas
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blocking cookies is different from what this thingy claims to do however. i suspect most people would want some sites to retain info and settings; blocking cookies is a bit like using a grenade launcher to kill a fly.
Imodium can't stop me.
I don't think so, zeusbheld. The software prevents cookies to be written to your browser.
A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is usually a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user's web browser while a user is browsing a website. When the user browses the same website in the future, the data stored in the cookie can be retrieved by the website to notify the website of the user's previous activity.[1] Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember the state of the website or activity the user had taken in the past. This can include clicking particular buttons, logging in, or a record of which pages were visited by the user even months or years ago.
Although cookies cannot carry viruses, and cannot install malware on the host computer,[2] tracking cookies and especially third-party tracking cookies are commonly used as ways to compile long-term records of individuals' browsing histories — a major privacy concern that has prompted European and US law makers to take action.[3][4]
Other kinds of cookies perform essential functions in the modern Web. Perhaps most importantly, authentication cookies are the most common method used by web servers to know whether the user is logged in or not, and which account they are logged in under. Without such a mechanism, the site would not know whether to send a page containing sensitive information, or require the user to authenticate himself by logging-in. The security of an authentication cookie generally depends on the security of the issuing website and the user's web browser. If not implemented correctly, a cookie's data can be intercepted by a hacker to gain unapproved access to the user's data and possibly to the originating website.[5]
it says it only blocks tracking cookies, whereas the settings on most browsers (all four i use) don't let you choose what kind of cookie to block. i'm not savvy enough (or patient enough) to look at the list of cookies saved by my browser and know which ones are tracking cookies. i may give this addin a go.
You're right.
Last edited by Stamp; 15th September 2012 at 16:51.
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