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dixiegrrrrl

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32. 2 ways to foil Google and LSOs:

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 02:36 PM

Feb 2012

Mozilla "Better Privacy" extension finds and identifies LSOs, you can manually dump them or have them dumped when you close the browser.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/?src=search

Microsoft just published Tracking Project lists, which will block Google ads!
see here:
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/browser/p3p/

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Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says [View all] onehandle Feb 2012 OP

Why does anyone even bother with Google any more? begin_within Feb 2012 #1

The 'Mountain View Ad Agency' services are 'free.' onehandle Feb 2012 #2

A number of colleges and universities use Gmail exclusively now. SomeGuyInEagan Feb 2012 #26

Why are People Still Using IE? liberalmike27 Feb 2012 #33

I prefer BING. eom xtraxritical Feb 2012 #11

Google tricked Apple's Safari in order to track users FredisDead Feb 2012 #3

OMG WTF Stop n think Feb 2012 #4

Just ask Murdoch. tabasco Feb 2012 #41

Time for "Operation Fuck Google's Data Mining." McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #5

Easier: Switch to Ixquick or DuckDuckGo. n/t TygrBright Feb 2012 #6

Thanks, I bookmarked those. Lasher Feb 2012 #12

I'm always in the market for new search engines woodsprite Feb 2012 #36

Been doing that for years... saras Feb 2012 #18

Thanks for that ... Nihil Feb 2012 #23

And we would all be paranoid time-wasters, too. randome Feb 2012 #27

Just reset the browser, to clear cookies and history, on exit.... jdadd Feb 2012 #7

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again wtmusic Feb 2012 #24

2 ways to foil Google and LSOs: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #32

Thanks....I stand corrected.... jdadd Feb 2012 #48

Why dose anyone even use IE? Feature poor and buggy. It's a load. geckosfeet Feb 2012 #8

The security of MS software has been compromised?? wtmusic Feb 2012 #9

It wasn't easy... first they had to find it! nilram Feb 2012 #15

I think my christx30 Feb 2012 #16

I wasn't suggesting a security *hole* was hard to find nilram Feb 2012 #28

Right christx30 Feb 2012 #34

Microsoft finds security hole, blames google. boppers Feb 2012 #40

Don't worry - it's an easy fix with IE Service Pack #4.29.a7865-11328 wtmusic Feb 2012 #46

Ironic, as Google Chrome is on the verge of becoming the most used browser in the world stockholmer Feb 2012 #10

And here I'd gotten so happy with Chrome. Lasher Feb 2012 #13

try Opera, it works well for me stockholmer Feb 2012 #14

or iron d_r Feb 2012 #22

So Iron is like Chrome, but without the nasty Google spy features? stockholmer Feb 2012 #25

yes d_r Feb 2012 #29

Dear M$: You CAN'T bypass a FUNCTIONAL security setting. saras Feb 2012 #17

There's still a microsoft explorer? Wow. nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #19

There's still Windows? Wow. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #21

You sound like a 1%er DUIC Feb 2012 #31

Yep, that equates to the 1% on the right hand side of this graph. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #35

Were you also informed that the study was bogus? DUIC Feb 2012 #37

Sorry, I am confused. Which study are you referring to? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #39

AptiQuant's bogus survey DUIC Feb 2012 #42

Never heard of it. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #43

Sucks to be ordinary DUIC Feb 2012 #44

Running Windows is the equivalent of drinking Budweiser wtmusic Feb 2012 #47

Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) dfhjkyulyu Feb 2012 #20

Easy Fix: Enable Tracking Protection Lists to stop Google's data mining DUIC Feb 2012 #30

People still use IE? Bladian Feb 2012 #38

I use a add-in called TRACKMENOT for Firefox elifino Feb 2012 #45