Avast WEBforum
Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Rednose on March 28, 2016, 10:54:27 PM
-
A topic to share knowledge about how to improve your ( online ) privacy.
Let me know what you think about this :)
A nice tutorial/website ( also for non-techies ) to start with : https://www.privacytools.io
Greetz, Red.
-
Thanks Red, useful.
-
Thanks Red, useful.
+1
Quite useful,
-
Thanks to Rednose for his valuable contribution and for sharing this with us and starting this here topic.
Very actual and now very much discussed subject. Our privacy and security are at stake,
and our privacy becomes ever so much endangered in order to grant better security,
this is a contradictio in terminis.
The best precaution you could take is not to put onto the Internet what you would not like to share in public.
In private on the Internet does not exist. There is a discrepancy on the Internet that will make privacy often cannot be granted,
not by you not abiding by the rules but by others offending or not taking care. So do not take any chances.
Another issue when we weaken encryption or backdoor it we will deliver insecurity to everyone, it is not a way forward.
polonus
P.S. To be aware of fingerprinting use this extension https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/
this to protect against the trickiest privacy threat for browser users.
-
Certainly some nice tools and information.
-
A browser add-on ( to consider ) to stop tracking, instead of Disconnect from the link I posted, is Privacy Badger : https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
Greetz, Red.
-
Thanks Red, subscribed. :)
-
is that Random Agent Spoofer a good safe addon to use?
-
Thanks Red, subscribed. :)
Installed Privacy Badger 8)
Unfortunately for those using IE or Edge, not supported
-
Personally I do not give a monkeys .. I do not use social media of any description, I have 2 e-mail addresses one for forums and one for the bank.
Ads support the free web sites and are generally unintrusive. If they become too much I never visit the site again
Paranoia rules
-
Well even the use of some of these privacy protecting extensions comes at a price as they may share that what you have blocked with interested adware launchers. There must be a reason for them to be free extensions after all. So they have to go and help advertisers profile you, like for instance Ghostery does.
I more and more tend to bob3160´s opinion that privacy on the Interwebs is a non-existing animal. Prophetic words, bob!
´Global Village rulers´ have other plans for us, well Tor-net and darknet should be taken down, because a 1000 interviewed per 24 countries thought this was a good idea ( well more of a suggestion really), e.g. 85% of Indonesians thought in favor of such governance plans. With this in mind the future for the last vestiges of privacy are looking more and more bleak. Read: https://www.cigionline.org/internet-survey-2016
polonus
-
A browser add-on ( to consider ) to stop tracking, instead of Disconnect from the link I posted, is Privacy Badger : https://www.eff.org/privacybadger (https://www.eff.org/privacybadger)
Greetz, Red.
Certainly not new :)
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1108407#msg1108407 (https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1108407#msg1108407)
-
is that Random Agent Spoofer a good safe addon to use?
Yes, I use - and recommend it myself :)
It is Open-Source software (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software), so anyone can check the code : https://github.com/dillbyrne/random-agent-spoofer
Greetz, Red.
-
A browser add-on ( to consider ) to stop tracking, instead of Disconnect from the link I posted, is Privacy Badger : https://www.eff.org/privacybadger (https://www.eff.org/privacybadger)
Greetz, Red.
Certainly not new :)
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1108407#msg1108407 (https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1108407#msg1108407)
I remember your post Bob :)
Nowadays out of Beta, and I recommend it as well.
Greetz, Red.
-
If you are looking for privacy software for different OS's ( = Operating Systems ), this is a great source : https://prism-break.org
Greetz, Red
-
Hi eric,
I have that too, also like to recommend extensions like uBlock in combination with uMatrix (very, very versatile extensions).
There are specifical privacy related adblock subscriptions to add: https://help.getadblock.com/support/solutions/articles/6000067137-how-can-i-contact-the-filter-list-maintainers-
e.g.:
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/antiadblockfilters.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/fb_annoyances_full.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/fb_annoyances_sidebar.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/fb_annoyances_newsfeed.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/yt_annoyances_full.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/yt_annoyances_comments.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/yt_annoyances_suggestions.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/yt_annoyances_other.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy+easylist.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easyprivacy.txt
https://adguard.com/en/filter-rules.html?id=3
https://raw.github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer/master/anti-adblock-killer-filters.txt
All added to uBlock´s add third party filters.
enjoy,
polonus
-
Thnx Mr. D ( Polonus ).
But I would prefer - and recommend uBlock Origin : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
Just to support - and to stay close with the original developer gorhill :)
Greetz, Red.
-
Privacy? I don't have anything to hide.
You may have nothing you want to hide, but please pull up your pants ;D
-
Hi Red,
Mr. D has/had uBlock Origin installed!
Damian
-
This Map Shows How the Apple-FBI Fight Was About Much More Than One Phone
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/map-shows-how-apple-fbi-fight-was-about-much-more-one-phone
-
Hi Asyn,
Interesting but privacy does not exist anymore. When on cheap half-baked security solutions on Cloudflare you do not have full end2end encryption and with your own certificate installed you are vulnerable to BEAST, sometimes also to POODLE and DROWN and what have ye., in case of a data-breach what can you say? Nameservers are grossly insecure. See my recent third party cold reconnaissance scan analyses and you will know the facts.
Well you could have better security from the Cloudflare boys, but then you pay twenty times as much and if you pay enough fill the ranks of special clients like Hamas and the IDF. Cloudflare itself has a complete surveillance capacity, is not transparant to end users and is harassing non-malicious tor and darknet users with hopeless captcha´s to fill out (Google does similar things). VPN does not help, chain proxies won´t help, now tor and darknet have to go we all have to surf in the nude ::) Those that still remember the days on the Interwebs before 2001 will have experienced the changes. Big Brother is like the djin from the bottle, who can put him back in there.
-
Hi Asyn,
Time to update your iPhone or buy a newer model iOS.
The method seems easy soldering out the Flash chip and read it out.
You have direct access to that peripheral.
So do they need a software bug really?
It is all a big chunk of theater-play.
Damian
-
Hi Asyn, Time to update your iPhone or buy a newer model iOS.
Hi Damian, no iPhone here, I posted it FYI. ;)
-
@all,
And our privacy is endangered on a daily basis and also by some popular extensions we may have like (Better Privacy and Hide My Adblocker) from the Chrome Store. These extensions were sold by the initial developer to hijackers, that fed the dev code with likrus malware, that only will redirect now, but could do far more harm as a BHO later. And all this malvertising and product tracking is done more and more in the open and blatantly as Big Brother seems almost on the side of the malcreants. Seems the good guys cannot compete with the bad ones anymore, your browser leaks are sold to the highest bidder, while Privacy is dead.
Read: https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/4d871z/popular_browser_extension_better_history_sold_to/
Be aware my good security-loving friends, fight the good fight and be vigilant and secure with Avast. :)
polonus
-
Yep privacy is good, not only can terrorists hide but also those that rip you of by not paying taxes
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-tax-firm-idUSKCN0X104F
Don't you feel good now that these sleaze balls are also getting in on the act
-
Yep privacy is good, not only can terrorists hide but also those that rip you of by not paying taxes
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-tax-firm-idUSKCN0X104F (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-tax-firm-idUSKCN0X104F)
Don't you feel good now that these sleaze balls are also getting in on the act
Apparently even their privacy isn't that private. :)
-
Because someone did a Snowden on them
-
And we the end-users get an ever worsening deal set out before us. Now Rightscorp in assocation with your ISP contemplates to come up with legit browser ransomeware in case you have made an infringement on their CopyRight laws. Your browser won´t function anymore until you have paid their fines. The Scalable Copyright Technology to do this has been developed by Disney Corporation. Always knew Big Media Corp was our best friend with our best interests at heart. ;D
If this is not a joke for April Fool´s Day, it is a frightening development.
Read: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506270/000149315214000813/form10k.htm
polonus
-
(http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1459797141425-55296.png)
The FBI has told local law enforcement agencies that it will provide technical assistance to unlock iPhones in criminal cases around the US when permitted by law.: http://www.cnet.com/news/fbi-to-police-well-help-unlock-iphones-when-possible/?ftag=CAD1acfa04&bhid=19917032625079717126003489967847
-
Being a cynical bugger I reckon they had the key already but wanted to wind apple up
-
Being a cynical bugger I reckon they had the key already but wanted to wind apple up
What they managed to do is wind up all of the iPhone users.... :)
-
Hi bob3160,
With the help of Mobile Avast apps and being good, we have nothing to fear.
I hope no-one here on the forums has to worry they gonna solder the flash chip out of his phone to give it to Total Recall.
Old Arnold looked a bit weird when they total-recalled him in that film. ;D
polonus
-
Being a cynical bugger I reckon they had the key already but wanted to wind apple up
What they managed to do is wind up all of the iPhone users.... :)
Back to an old simple NOKIA mobile phone. And a small laptop with Linux, for example Qubes !
Just an idea :)
Greetz, Red.
-
Hi Rednose,
Wouldn´t that not also help against these guys? Read: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/anti-piracy-group-rightscorp-wants-to-hijack-browsers/
They will send a posse after you and finally put the clamps on your browser until you have paid up (in case of CopyRight infringement).
This is Dutch Brein´s wet dream. Coming to your theater any day soon. ;)
Damian
-
HowTo : Privacy & Security Conscious Browsing https://gist.github.com/atcuno/3425484ac5cce5298932
Greetz, Red.
-
Here the demo does not work: https://eu3.proxysite.com/process.php?d=x5B99EqRH15LgMKRUl7HhtFEeXIPxXx3rNejw2eCrOHp&b=1&f=norefer
This demo secretly makes requests to STUN servers that can log your request. These requests do not show up in developer consoles and cannot be blocked by browser plugins (AdBlock, Ghostery, etc.).
Your local IP addresses:
Your public IP addresses:
Your IPv6 addresses:
pol
-
Even less privacy will be had if everybody is placed between a walled garden aka captive portal,
surveillance and monitoring can be much more direct and effective.
The code to detect such Wifi Connections: http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/4.0.1_r1/android/net/wifi/WifiWatchdogStateMachine.java#WifiWatchdogStateMachine.isWalledGardenConnection%28%29
Another possible solution might be to connect via HTTPS and inspect the target certificate. Not sure if walled gardens actually serve the login page via HTTPS or just drop the connections. In either case, you should be able to see that your destination is not the one you expected.
Of course, you also have the overhead of TLS and certificate checks. Such is the price of authenticated connections, unfortunately.
Quote taken from Delyan on Android Stackoverflow.
polonus
P.S. Wonder how many folks already connect out here after having to log onto a captive portal?
Watch out for RightsCorp when having access via your Provider they can see your every move,
and act accordingly when you infringe their upholding DRM. Later this could also be abused
for censorship against politically incorrect utterings, as you´d never know what the future could hold for us all. :(
D
-
Would not it be nice, if we get some PYP info, to better protect your privacy from hackers that may steal your mobile data: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/mobile-phone-users-movements-are-tracked-and-sold-for-profit
Or how to PYP in Swarm to better protect your location sharing. You want some to call you, but may not like others to stalk you.
Do you want to be location tracked by GPS only, or also on your wifi, bluetooth?
Some folks need some tips to better protect their online privacy and security using social media.
Great Whatapp launched end2end encryption. But use the app for trivialities only!
Do you want to share everything with your Starbucks app, or do you want it restricted to coffee only?
Come on folks, give us some of your tips....with this new technology I feel younger by the day (and I am not really that young ;) )
polonus
-
Talking about privacy, we should mention the Tor Project as well https://www.torproject.org
Greetz, Red.
-
Unfortunately that network is used by the perpetrators of ransom ware to collect their money
-
Talking about privacy, we should mention the Tor Project as well https://www.torproject.org (https://www.torproject.org)
Greetz, Red.
I've always considered it part of the dark side.
-
[/quote]I've always considered it part of the dark side.
[/quote]
@ Bob
+1
-
Tor part of the dark side, not until it escaped US Navy Intelligence, so it was not bad from the onset.
An interesting link to read for those that value that very last bit of privacy in a mass surveillance world:
https://bananas.liberty.me/youre-a-criminal-in-a-mass-surveillance-world-how-to-not-get-caught/
Some like to have this basic fuctionality of 1) Hiding your IP-address
For instance through free VPN (Virtual Private Network).
https://www.hotspotshield.com/
You can use it inside Google Chrome via the add-on:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/hotspot%20shield?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon
One could use new tails and always patch and update. https://tails.boum.org/
pol
-
Tor part of the dark side, not until it escaped US Navy Intelligence, so it was not bad from the onset.
An interesting link to read for those that value that very last bit of privacy in a mass surveillance world:
https://bananas.liberty.me/youre-a-criminal-in-a-mass-surveillance-world-how-to-not-get-caught/ (https://bananas.liberty.me/youre-a-criminal-in-a-mass-surveillance-world-how-to-not-get-caught/)
Some like to have this basic fuctionality of 1) Hiding your IP-address
For instance through free VPN (Virtual Private Network).
https://www.hotspotshield.com/ (https://www.hotspotshield.com/)
You can use it inside Google Chrome via the add-on:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/hotspot%20shield?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/hotspot%20shield?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon)
One could use new tails and always patch and update. https://tails.boum.org/ (https://tails.boum.org/)
pol
Hiding your IP and some of the other privacy features are also great for those that exploit your computer.
Tor is used by hackers. One of the reasons I avoid it. :)
-
Hi bob3160,
Agree with you that many a service nowadays comes backdoored or is not safe. VPN leakage is everywhere. The surveillance state for a long time now has the better of us obedient citizens that may have nothing to hide. With adtracking and meta-data dragnet plugs everywhere, who can you trust with your data? At least I would block with uMatrix and install a decent adblocker. Agree also that users using tor, tails etc. draw attention to themselves, the 'forces that be' may think they really might have something to hide. People should really stand firm that their Constitutional Rights are being upheld and are not only kept just in name, while all sort of institutions anf Big Corporations do not honor these Basic Rights. You may not have a right to privacy, 'they' also do not have the right to violate it . Alas we live in times we have to fend completely for ourselves! You always have to update and patch. See to it that you do not put online what you do not want to share with others.Your profile can be used against you e.g. by insurance so you need to pay more because of what they know about you. That is why I shun Social Media. It is your responsibility to use Avast. HTTPS Everywhere would be a good development if it was properly configured and not weakened and often served up from the wrong weak end. SHA1 should be retired, many a big hoster still endangers end-user security.
Just because staff is not properly trained, sometimes even to be able to better track and trace your every online activitiy. The bad ones know how to protect themselves, the unaware find a hard time knowing what to do. Informative link to opt out: https://prism-break.org/pl/categories/windows/
Damian
-
Tor is used by hackers. One of the reasons I avoid it. :)
Tor is also used by activists/journalists all over the world to protect themselves.
And I would like to call myself a hacker too, but that doesn't mean I am a criminal.
There is nothing wrong with using Tor :)
Greetz, Red.
-
Opera VPN up close – is this browser now the world's best free privacy tool?
http://www.techworld.com/security/opera-vpn-up-close-is-this-browser-now-worlds-best-free-privacy-tool-3639017
Personally I like Opera, and they are taking some interesting steps here :)
Greetz, Red.
-
Opera VPN up close – is this browser now the world's best free privacy tool?
http://www.techworld.com/security/opera-vpn-up-close-is-this-browser-now-worlds-best-free-privacy-tool-3639017 (http://www.techworld.com/security/opera-vpn-up-close-is-this-browser-now-worlds-best-free-privacy-tool-3639017)
Personally I like Opera, and they are taking some interesting steps here :)
Greetz, Red.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1308297#msg1308297
-
Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications https://ssd.eff.org/en
Greetz, Red.
-
And they want to give advise about safety while they don't even have their act together themselfs >:(
http://retire.insecurity.today/#!/scan/9c96122b496bb708e3591580db1d6b5689492f64ea2a52adb235acd2f8198655
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=ssd.eff.org
-
That is a different discussion/concern Eddy ;)
Greetz, Red.
-
Hi Red,
Can this help our users to secure that last bit of privacy they may have: http://www.mindfulbrowsing.com/ (free).
Read this advice in his strategy for increased privacy: https://medium.com/@SamiHonkonen/my-strategy-for-increased-privacy-40967ed72903#.dt0dj7d62 (info credits: Sami Honkonen)
For chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mindful-browsing/cciemibfcmeeiijeefebhojenhnpoibc
Enjoy, my good avast friends, enjoy.
polonus
-
Hi Pol :)
I read about it on https://www.security.nl
Lets say Sami Honkonen does some things better than average people.
Greetz, Red.
-
Yep, Red, others complain a lot but when they are part of the problem, they aren't part of the solution.
Lots of privacy related discussions now going on at security.nl lately.
But again a lot of folks that are co-creating the problems for us, do not go there and read there,
same as here outside the avast community there is also a world of ignorant bliss.
When you know for instance that you should not let Whatsapp backup,
because it does not have e2e and stores your messages in plain txt mode.
And you did not change the settings on your android.
And you did not opt out of sharing and you trust the cloud not sharing,
then you are ignorant. And the ignorant will have their privacy abused grand time.
your avast forum friend,
polonus
-
Keep in mind that the right to privacy that exists in Europe,
isn't the same in the US.
I don't know your privacy is protected when you're posting in anything on this side of the ocean.
On this side of the ocean, you may attempt to hide but you don't have a specific right to privacy as such.
-
Right, have to agree with you, bob3160, but often the public also is against it, see this quote from wikepedia:
On March 11, 2015, Intelligence Squared US, an organization that stages Oxford-style debates, held an event centered on the question, "Should the U.S. adopt the 'Right to be Forgotten' online?" The side against the motion won with a 56% majority of the voting audience.[18]
Also do not overestimate EU based privacy protection. It is rather selective. And we rapidly entering a global perspective, where big corp and lobbyist will take your last shreds of privacy away at least when it serves their interests best. Also politically correct bias is slowly changing the feeling of relative freedom of speech in the countries you once counted to belong to the old founding nations of the realms at the other side of the big fishing pond.
When we come to live in a world where we eat the same chickenburgers, where latto machiatto comes served in the same lid-containers, it is very likely our privacy gonna be treated in a similar way on either side of the ocean, only accents may differ. We have neighbours, you have neigbors. We have colours, you colors. But a spade's still a spade, and let's call a spade a spade.
Here in the Netherlands for instance we have Amsterdam & Rotterdam,
and lots of Americans found they like the modern looks of Rotterdam very much.
polonus
-
https://www.ixquick.nl/ Startpage soon now without any Yahoo results.
This decision came because of Yahoo's privacy abuse scanning user-mail on demand for US security.
Dutch searchengine IXquick decided to end all cooperation with Yahoo.
The searchengine will not have any Yahoo results anymore towards the end of this year.
Good signal to those parties that live openly hand in foot with Big Brother,
and not only enforged while not be able to report about it by government gag order,
where it is often and more and more freedom of speech and not privacy that comes under threat.
polonus
-
Talking about privacy-respecting search engines :
https://searx.me
Searx is a metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users.
Why use searx ?
- searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you.
- searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
- searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better.
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it on your own server.
See more on https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
Greetz, Red.
-
Hi, Red, thank you very much for that info.
Damian
-
Hi Damian :)
As you know I am promoting Ixquick/Startpage search-engine(s) as well.
But I have to say I like searX very much.
Cheers, Erik.
-
Ha die Erik,
I see the SearX engine team has not made their position clear about the Yahoo user abuse yet. I see they still have their results listed.
What I miss on search sites like searX, Ixquick are the direct implementation of tools like AOS, Bitdefender's TrafficLight and WOT or Netcraft Extension for instancde. All this is understandable, because that would mean sharing with third parties.
One could always use such services from a drop-down-menu inside the browser, like DrWeb's URL checker, VT check, block a URL, etc.
and my Tampermonkey scripts have access there.
groetjes van je avast-forum vriend,
Damianus
P.S. Proef op de som, tested and no cookies: http://www.cookiechecker.nl/check-cookies.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsearx.laquadrature.net%2F
pol
-
Profiling becomes futile with this extension on top of u-Block Origin: AdNauseam -> https://adnauseam.io/
AdNauseam quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on the ad networks databases.
As the data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user profiling, targeting and surveillance becomes futile.
Or install TrackMeNot that generates random search engine requests,
but I doubt filters cannót discriminate it's traffic from the real McCoy ???
polonus
-
Hi Damian :)
Sending ( a lot of ) false data with an extension like AdNauseam is indeed an interesting privacy strategy.
Random Agent Spoofer also fits in that category.
Greetz, Red.
-
Kill Analytics seems to be an interesting upcomming ( Chrome ) extension that sends false data to break web analytics platforms https://hello-kill.github.io
Greetz, Red.
-
Hot news in Germany, how your extensions gonna sell all of your browser meta-data (profile) to third parties.
WOT for instance seems doing this, but that is not the only extension into data mining. WOT as to now did not react.
Read for instance at [3] other two links in German language.
[1] http://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/01/browsing-history-sold/
[2] https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Millionen-Surf-Profile-Daten-stammen-angeblich-auch-von-Browser-Addon-WOT-3453820.html
[3] https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Daten-zu-Surfverhalten-von-Millionen-Deutschen-als-kostenlose-Probe-3451556.html
When I looked into a defending extension like extension defender - I found their website IP blocked for me by firehole listing added to my uBlock subscription: Found in: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/firehol/blocklist-ipsets/master/firehol_webserver.netset
Actually the whole range 69.39.236.56^ became blocked. Re: http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=https://www.extensiondefender.com
Who will stop such predator-commercialization of our data profiles? I fear no-one to stand up for us.
Read here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/sold-chrome-extension/28377/
A list of extensions known to do this: https://discuss.howtogeek.com/t/warning-your-browser-extensions-are-spying-on-you/12394
Nice tip from Tom Hawack (info credits to him):
Using uBlockO on Firefox I've removed chrome-extension-scheme from the white-list and added it as follows to 'My Rules' :
chrome-extension-scheme * 3p noop
chrome-extension-scheme * 3p-frame noop
chrome-extension-scheme * 3p-script noop
This limits an add-on's prosperity -- if applicable -- to communicate beyond the rules assigned to uBlockO,
I did the same by the way with behind-the-scene and data-scheme : no blank-check.
polonus
-
Strange that the WOT EULA dialog was removed in an earlier 2011 version of the add-on:
See firefox releases: Version 20110704.1-signed
Released July 4, 2011 430.1 kB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0b2 and later
- Improved startup speed
- Added ko-KR translation
- Removed the modal EULA dialog
- Reduced the add-on size significantly by simplifying included images
Source code released under GNU General Public License, version 3.0
This is considered a great sin by Google, where they did not pay attention to it then, was it secretely removed?
polonus
-
This is considered a great sin by Google, where they did not pay attention to it then, was it secretely removed?
polonus
And what does it make better? Onlyvery few things are functionable without G....e! Before this didn't change, you'll have no better opton.
=Snake=
-
Nice extension to try out in Google Chrome browser is configurable WebBoost.
It makes your pages load faster by blocking pop-ups and bootstrap elements etc.
polonus
-
Thnx Damian :)
Webboost was new for me.
I don't use Chrome, but ( with the help of Download Chrome Extension ) it works perfectly on Opera as well :)
Greetz, Red.
-
Thnx Damian :)
Webboost was new for me.
I don't use Chrome, but ( with the help of Download Chrome Extension ) it works perfectly on Opera as well :)
Greetz, Red.
( https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/download-chrome-extension-9/ (https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/download-chrome-extension-9/) ) :)
-
How that your smartphone apps may spy on you, you can see through the working of a MathJax demo: https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/test/sample-dynamic.html
Read how you give away all your data on your smartphone when you agree to certain app admission rights:
http://www.npo.nl/3doc-addicted-to-my-phone/24-10-2016/AT_2068495
A majority of users do not even ever pay attentionto what they agree to the apps may do on the phone,
before downloading an app.
And these data then also can be bought by Nato's StratCom Strategic Communication Laboratories,
when you have given apps access to your private live via Social Media apps
and SCL can now target individuals with pinpoint precision (via Whatsapp, Farcebook etc.)
polonus
-
Windows 10 spying on you via your mic and webcam:
The story: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA
Oh and a way to be form of protected against this: https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying/releases
polonus
-
A good decent ad-blocker, like uBlock0 with the right recent subscriptions,
can be a mean and mighthy weapon to protect your intergrity and privacy online.
These here are marvellous resources and cover almost all of the abuse theater:
https://iplists.firehol.org/?ipset=cleanmx_phishing
But also see all IP lists monitored there.
This might inspire you to keep this bot out: https://www.unicom.com/blog/entry/108
polonus
-
The ultimate resource for various filter lists
to subscribe to with your adblocker of choice, mine is uBlock origin:
https://filterlists.com/
Brew your own formula to get clear of ads, malware sites and other annoyances.
enjoy, my good friends, enjoy,
polonus
-
In this way you are under surveillance 24 on 24: https://browserprint.info/blog/fingerprintingDefence
polonus
-
In this way you are under surveillance 24 on 24: https://browserprint.info/blog/fingerprintingDefence
polonus
Exercising Fingerprinting Defence, seems as onerous as what you are trying to defend against.
Whilst Disable JavaScript universally would seem a possibility, but would be hassle to maintain. In this instance using NoScript that blocks all unless specifically but this doesn't block all fingerprinting.
Now I'm thinking this fingerprinting information has to get back to home to be able to deliver the fingerprint data. So RequestPolicy to block 3rd party sites may be an option. Both of these add-ons would appear to be easier to maintain than some of the anti-fingerprinting actions in the article.
-
(Cross-)Browser Fingerprinting via OS and Hardware Level Features ( PDF ) http://yinzhicao.org/TrackingFree/crossbrowsertracking_NDSS17.pdf
Disabling JavaScript prevents it, but see Davids comment about that above.
Greetz, Red.
-
(Cross-)Browser Fingerprinting via OS and Hardware Level Features ( PDF ) http://yinzhicao.org/TrackingFree/crossbrowsertracking_NDSS17.pdf
Disabling JavaScript prevents it, but see Davids comment about that above.
Greetz, Red.
There is no doubt about it, they really are after your data. What may seem innocuous to you is valuable to them as they can profit from it (selling it multiple times), mostly for targeted ads. Now you have to consider blocking ads and that is another ball game, AdBlockPlus, uBlock Origin, etc. etc.
-
Cleansing out your old online accounts, you do not use anymore?
Protecting your privacy...
Read how to: https://www.deseat.me/
polonus
-
Concerning the answer of this theme: I hear it almost daily! They didn't care at all!!!
That makes me angry.
=Snake=
-
Some tips from one of the best that knows (knew) how to stay under the Internet radar:
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-shows-go-invisible-online/
Know from me that this "universal right to be left alone" gets harder and harder to achieve now.
Especially those parties that try to hide draw special interest onto them from those,
that want to decide/manipulate what you should think, your opinions,
and even want to censor what "they" hold to be fake news or politically incorrect (criticism).
Therefore your Internet freedom will come more and more under attack where-ever you may be on the globe...
polonus
-
Google now probably knows more about you than your next of kin:
Go have a look: https://myactivity.google.com/
Isn't this frightening and they do it now in plain sight.
polonus
-
Google now probably knows more about you than your next of kin:
Go have a look: https://myactivity.google.com/ (https://myactivity.google.com/)
Isn't this frightening and they do it now in plain sight.
polonus
With your permission. :)
-
And do they do this with everybody's permission also?
War on Comments:
https://www.perspectiveapi.com/
Good it is still totally ineffective until now, but they are trying it.
Doing away with net neutrality as is planned will do the rest.
You'd only get that content that is good for you, just like the ads ;D
polonus
-
And do they do this with everybody's permission also?
War on Comments:
https://www.perspectiveapi.com/ (https://www.perspectiveapi.com/)
Good it is still totally ineffective until now, but they are trying it.
Doing away with net neutrality as is planned will do the rest.
You'd only get that content that is good for you, just like the ads ;D
polonus
The article is base on the premise of "what if"
What if the rabbit hadn't....... :)
Conjecture isn't something I can afford to be guided by.
-
Privacy does not exist online anymore, come to live with that fact of life.
Just checked to what extent Duck Duck Go is a more privacy friendly search engine.
Well Duck Duck Go is NOT so privacy friendly on the major browser flaws like Google Chrome and/or firefox.
In that case use Epic Privacy Browser (but not with the standard search engine as EpicSearch is insecure) or use Doob browser.
Wit Duck Duck Go the privacy gain is only minimal (tracking related), as they are in bed with Amazon and media data-slurpers like facebook, Whatsapp, etc.
When you leave the main search page for a link, you are almost immediately again a victim of Google's evergrowing data greed, because of the fact you use a browser that is Google (engine) related or a Google partner, so we talked full circle now.
No way to escape and the less privacy sensitive browsers may be insecure ,when a 0-day has been detected for the big browser engines they use. It takes weeks to keep up with the patch regime for such less popular browsers. Brave as an exemption.
Please, remember, while even surfing with tor browser on tails. In the United States privacy no longer exists and very soon Europe and the rest of the globe will follow. CTIA pleaded for changes to share all your data with third parties (seel your data):
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1031683478226/170316%20CTIA%20Reply%20to%20Oppositions%20to%20Petition%20for%20Reconsideration.pdf
So later our American friends like Europe to do likewise!
Consider : https://urlscan.io/result/ff4f58a6-80f2-4f63-8c6d-9feeb66906cc#summary
DuckDuckGo is Amazon. Amazon will be dragnet tapped for meta-data with general data surveillance.
This courtesy of your government and their politicians. Even EFF cannot make a change there as we all decided to close our eyes to these practices since 1995. The masses do not realize and they do not know the backgrounds for it.
DuckDuckGo, a good initiative, non-malicious and non-suspicious, see obfuscation you meet: https://webcookies.org/check
Existing insecurity: https://observatory.mozilla.org/analyze.html?host=duckduckgo.com
E-status eand open to clickjacking!!!
Two vulnerable jQuery libraries to retire:
-https://duckduckgo.com
Detected libraries:
jquery - 1.10.2 : (active1) -https://duckduckgo.com/d2076.js
Info: Severity: medium
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432
http://blog.jquery.com/2016/01/08/jquery-2-2-and-1-12-released/
handlebars.js - 1.3.0 : (active1) -https://duckduckgo.com
Info: Severity: medium
https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/pull/1083
(active) - the library was also found to be active by running code
Did you notice this script?: http://www.domxssscanner.com/scan?url=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2Fd2076.js
Number of sources found: 157
Number of sinks found: 184
Do not longer resist, as there is no real privacy on Duckduckgo and they fire up search-related ads Better use Sleipnir (a Japanese browser, who has not such a large attack surface in USA and in Europa) and use uMatrix, uOrigin en uOrigin Websocket with special
block lists. And additionally use Moscow's Adguard as a general blocker to block western crap/bloat, that is supposed to go under the radar.
Conclusion the end-user is a product of Big Data Industry.
polonus
-
"In the United States privacy no longer exists"
It hasn't existed for many years. It's about time everyone realizes that fact.
If you expected privacy you never ever should have used the internet in any form.
-
Privacy hasn't existed anywhere for a very long, long time.
Because (alphabet soup time); CIA, FBI, MI5, MI6, GCHQ, ASIS, ASI0. NATO,etc., have been looking over your shoulder for years.
Don't forget the Chinese, Russia and many other countries.
-
Up to more Orwellian times globally, read about the new Google Ad Crises (youtube vid rejections):
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-22/at-t-halts-spending-on-some-google-ads-after-youtube-controversy
polonus
-
Up to more Orwellian times globally, read about the new Google Ad Crises (youtube vid rejections):
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-22/at-t-halts-spending-on-some-google-ads-after-youtube-controversy (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-22/at-t-halts-spending-on-some-google-ads-after-youtube-controversy)
polonus
How is this related to privacy ???
-
Quite often privacy is related to freedom of expression. At least the two are interrelated.
So also when Google AI is gonna decide what is acceptable ad related content and what is not,
again we are going further onto the slippery slope, with others (global commerce here) deciding what is good for all of us.
If you cannot see the connection or the connecting dots, and the further "fencing in",
we differ in view. You are free to do so. I just meant that the "balancing act between the two became harder recently".
polonus
-
Quite often privacy is related to freedom of expression. At least the two are interrelated.
So also when Google AI is gonna decide what is acceptable ad related content and what is not,
again we are going further onto the slippery slope, with others (global commerce here) deciding what is good for all of us.
If you cannot see the connection or the connecting dots, and the further "fencing in",
we differ in view. You are free to do so. I just meant that the "balancing act between the two became harder recently".
polonus
Sorry but even on this forum, there is acceptable and non acceptable content. :)
Privacy or the lack of it, IMHO, is totally different from freedom of expression or freedom of speech.
-
Is totally different from freedom of expression or freedom of speech.
+1 or maybe it should be +1000 or maybe I'm a fanatic ;D
-
Then you two disagree to Edward Snowden's main opinion on this subject, while he remarked:
"I don't need privacy, I've nothing to hide" argues "I don't need free speech, I've nothing to say."
Rights = Power
polonus
-
Another blow for users that coming November cannot use their add-ons on Firefox like they were used to,
because Firefox will adopt a new api engine.
ABP gonna take on the functionality of their Chrome extension and will be graded back as Firefox development have decided to go on using WebExtensions api's that will be supported by all the major browsers (Chrome, Opera and Microsoft Edge extensions will run in Firefox as WebExtension). More browser mono-culture coming our way, neither more safe nor more secure.
All the work of the old extension developers gone down the drain coming November. I predict the total demise of the firefox browser by then. Will this spell out the end for extensions like NoScript and RequestPolicy as we have come to know them. Will we have to install uBlock Origin Websocket, uBlock Origin, uMatrix into firefox with WebExtension? Will we be without NoScript, Request Policy?
Will this remain as the only fork of Mozilla's Firefox as it once was originally meant to be a Privacybrowser of choice? Re: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2016/11/17/introducing-firefox-focus-a-free-fast-and-easy-to-use-private-browser-for-ios/
Do we have to look out for browsers like Blaze, Iridium, Epic Privacy Browser. Another question: What will this mean for firefox as underlying browser for the tor-browser?
Will this mean we are left with one upcoming Big Monoculture with less and less privacy protection and tweakability against scripts and ads etc.
Sad days for all those that gave their best to make browsers like Flock, Firefox of old, etc.
Do the Big Data Peddlers now own us all and will all resistence soon be broken?
polonus
-
(http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1492096085165-12689.png)
-
Yes, bob3160,
Congress rolling back your privacy rules did make VPN a commodity much in command. ;)
Re: https://www.fastcompany.com/40405277/vpn-downloads-spiked-after-congress-rolled-back-privacy-rules
Again now convince the American citizens of their very insecure Internet infrastructure "by design" and even more will happen.
They have given away privacy, but will they also be eager to sign out of their safety and security?
I hope not, and they, the average Americans, are wising up.
It happens everywhere and it happens ever so fast.
That is a good thing, folks, that is a 'darned' good thing!
polonus
-
Yes, bob3160,
Congress rolling back your privacy rules did make VPN a commodity much in command. ;)
Re: https://www.fastcompany.com/40405277/vpn-downloads-spiked-after-congress-rolled-back-privacy-rules (https://www.fastcompany.com/40405277/vpn-downloads-spiked-after-congress-rolled-back-privacy-rules)
Again now convince the American citizens of their very insecure Internet infrastructure "by design" and even more will happen.
They have given away privacy, but will they also be eager to sign out of their safety and security?
I hope not, and they, the average Americans, are wising up.
It happens everywhere and it happens ever so fast.
That is a good thing, folks, that is a 'darned' good thing!
polonus
I hope I'm doing my part through education. :)
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=78426.msg1374311#msg1374311 (https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=78426.msg1374311#msg1374311)
-
Also consider what VPN Services will keep you anonymous, and which may track you nevertheless:
Read: https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-anonymous-review-2017-170304/
One example where it goes totally wrong and they log and track, NordVPN:
Third Party connections:
-google.com
-gstatic.com
-pagefair.net
-pagefair.com
-visualwebsiteoptimizer.com
-nordcdn.com
-newrelic.com
-googletagmanager.com
-zendesk.com
-googleadservices.com
-nr-data.net
-bing.com
-facebook.net
-klaviyo.com
-adtarget.me
-doubleclick.net
-zopim.com
-pcrl.co
-picreel.com
I cannot see how they would turn the Interwebs back into the hands of the users even in a very minimalistic way.
polonus
-
Online biz surveillance, tracking and profiling. How you loose your privacy everyday:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/09/cracked_labs_surveillance_capitalism/
polonus