Op 30/07/2023 om 18:25 schreef jr:
> hi,
> 
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> Op 30-7-2023 om 16:56 schreef jr:
>>> Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> I am tired of being forced to interact with damn pop-ups just to look at
>>>> every damn website, just because a few people who can't be bothered to
>>>> configure their Web browser are paranoid about their privacy.  (I bet
>>>> they're the same people who use their cell phones to spread conspiracy
>>>> theories about microchips in the vaccines.)
>>>
>>> disagree, frankly.  no one is "forced".  personally, I tend to visit a new URL
>>> in an "incognito" window, and if the first thing I see is a pop-up, I close the
>>> window, done.  fwiw I do think that companies need to up their "ethical game".
>>
>> Btw, Firefox has excellent extensions which suppress pop-ups, cookies,
>> and such. In addition, it has a privacy mode. I am almost never troubled
>> by those things.
> 
> :-)  no FF (or TB) here.  with Chrome I choose to nuke all the stored stuff on
> browser exit/close; bg - I use one instance "permanently", with my Gmail tab,
> some POV-Ray and other reference tabs; I open a new "incognito" window ("privacy
> mode" will be similar I guess) to .. explore.  that leaves cookies I "approve
> of", like eg online banking, in place as the "permanent" window never closes.
> Chrome does have extensions for ad + pop-up "blocking" and such, too, though I
> don't use any.  I have some sympathy for CR's irateness (and no good reply), but
> suspect that your approach of using s/ware to .. defeat the nefarious :-) may
> have little impact wrt encouraging companies to change behaviour (eg to not
> simply store references to themselves and their affiliates "by default"), and
> perhaps further "stokes the arms race".  anyway, </> before it turns into a
> rant.
> 
> (feeling a little too gregarious, must lie down.. ;-))
> 
> 
> regards, jr.
> 
I understand. Nothing is entirely perfect in this world, so we have to 
cope as best we can :-|  I have a subscription here to a non-profit 
consumers journal for digital matters, and for years they warn about and 
give help/advice about these things, particularly privacy. They are very 
positive about FF and TB and somewhat neutral to negative about Chrome. 
Google and MS are not really their friends were privacy is concerned 
obviously...
Things I do additionally is regularly "nuke" (as you say) all the stored 
cookies and such flotsam left behind by the eager watchers, and scan the 
system for any remaining stuff. And - obviously again - I do not use nor 
approach any of the social media (the POV-Ray ng's being the only 
exceptions) nor do I buy if I can help it, online. I firmly believe that 
only strict official regulation can restrict misuse and I certainly 
approve of the European Parliament's actions, especially as the US in 
particular does not seem to do much in that respect (but I may be wrong 
of course). 'Free enterprise', liberalism, and even free speech, have 
their (moral) limits.

-- 
Thomas

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