Getting a pre-populated hosts file that is regularly updated to block these types of trackers/linkers is a good idea.
Also speeds up browsing as it removes the need for your browser to do a DNS lookup and try to contact the domain host server, as the change tells your browser that the links are local and therefore unobtainable.
There can be some downsides as things like Google ads may no longer work if they too use a tracking system listed in the hosts file. Can always remove individual entries if you find it too restrictive.
Is the MVPS one still the best and kept as up to date as any others?
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSure, if you want to disable half the web. JS is so ubiquitous now, I don't consider it a real option to work without it - like it or loathe it the web is not about static pages but dynamic online applications now.
I'm working on a plan b that does user tracking (plus about two million other similar odds and sods regarding customer experience improvements). From the last set of figures I looked at its remarkable how few people don't have javascript enabled nowadays but then again gmail, google and many other sites simply don't work without it.
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Originally posted by cojak View PostYou can also opt-out by running NoScript on FireFox.
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It looks like scorecardresearch.com (SCR) are a web tracking outfit, but a "legitimate" one. They embed an image link in Facebook, which gets a 1x1 pixel transparent GIF, and sets a bunch of cookies as a side effect, which then allows them to track your activity, not just on Facebook but on other sites you visit that use their service.
The certificate fail comes about because they are using Akamai. This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network) which helps to speed up the web by keeping caches of stuff on servers around the world; so, for example, when your browser tries to load images on a website based in Australia, Akamai can return a copy of them from a server in London, which is a lot faster what with the speed of light being what it is.
In the case of Facebook, all traffic is encrypted using SSL (hence your browser location bar will show the location https://www.facebook.com/ rather than http://). However, SCR have apparently screwed up their use of Akamai with SSL, so your browser sees Akamai's SSL certificate rather than SCR's, and warns you that this stuff isn't coming from where it's supposed to.
FWIW, Mr. Obama's homepage was showing the same problem using Akamai last year
SCR's Privacy Policy (which looks tulip because the stylesheet that should make it look pretty, and the banner graphic with their logo, are both 404 Not Found, indicating that they don't put much effort into this aspect of their operations) offers a link to an opt-out page which sets a do-not-track-me-you-bunch-of-bastards cookie. The contents of this cookie are:
Code:NO_COOKIE=1; domain=.scorecardresearch.com; expires=Fri, 27-Sep-2041 19:55:51 GMT; path=/
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Hoping the more webby techies <cough> NickFitz </cough> can help my understanding.
For the last day or so, I have been receiving the below server certificate warning when logging into Facebook.
I've rejected the certificate each time and not really given it much thought until now.
A quick Google search of the term b.scorecardresearch.com reveals that the company in question is a webtracking firm and that you can opt out of having your web browsing tracked by downloading a cookie from their website.
If I understand this correctly, they track your web browsing habits by running a script but not from your PC but from any websites you visit that may have signed up to their service.
Is my understanding of this correct? If so, does that mean that I do not have their script on my PC as, if I do, I'd like it removed pronto.
In which case, the only way to opt-out of this 'service' is via a cookie from them. Correct?
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