I've been using Adblock Plus for many years now. This plugin can be coupled with Flashblock which will hide annoying video ads, as well as music players on sites which have no concern for whether you want to hear their music or not.
Also, DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER - Nor the new Microsoft branded web browser, Edge. These are integrated into the operating system allowing them to be a direct conduit for malware to be installed on your machines. Avoid. While we're at, stop clicking on links in emails. No good will come of it. Well that was fun. Back to work. Seven Three, Michael - K5WRN http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Bill Crowell, N4HPG via BVARC < [email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Recently, I was shopping on Amazon for some N bulkhead connectors. Going > other places on the web such as Fox News, ads kept popping up trying to > sell me N connectors! Everywhere I went were N connectors. And NO, it > wasn’t God telling me that we should do away with PL-259s <grin>. > > Every day we are tracked and monitored by commercial entities on the web. > They have a profile of each of us and they sell this information for > profit. Besides this, all of the tracking systems slow down the browsing > experience because they use bandwidth. > > We can drastically reduce tracking systems using 2 browser plugins: > > AdBlock. This blocks most adware. Pandora will complain as will other > sites, but many sites with adware also have viruses for free download. You > can turn it off if you need to on a site-by-site basis. > > Disconnect.Me - (www.disconnect.me) This blocks trackers. It’s donation > ware and I’m going to donate a bit to them for the free version. > > As I write this, in my browser’s window I have Pandora playing. At this > moment 41 ads have been blocked and 31 trackers. > > Sometimes I go to a site where I get a “canvas” warning. This is when the > site is monitoring where your mouse moves on the screen! > > Like turning on the filter for CW, the noise is reduced! > > Pass it on. > > 73! > > Bill Crowell, N4HPG > Pearland, TX > [email protected] > I prefer to live a life of galvanic isolation. > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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