I'm afraid these old solutions will not work for long. The new trend is all about the next level in tracking your browsing habits and targeted advertising. ALL web browsers are susceptible, that is if you want to keep modicum of functionality on the web these days. The list of susceptible browsers includes but is not limited to: Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, Internet explorer and yes iOS Mobile. Certainly you can turn off your JavaScript and cookies but many sites won't even load. It's going to get even worse as HTML5 becomes more available and browsers take advantage of the new technologies. I also tried editing my "hosts" file to redirect all badly behaved ad-ware to 127.0.0.1. This requires you "read' the source code on the web pages you visit and identify those embedded web addresses which have no business tracking you.
Have you ever noticed how web page sidebar and header advertising seems to align to your browsing preferences? For an eye opener, read or listen to this article. http://www.npr.org/2012/02/24/147356632/weaving-around-web-privacy-controls For the last several weeks I have effectively stopped all this tracking by using one of the programs mentioned in the article. I have found there are far more that 500 companies trying to track your browsing habits, possibly 900 by now. The only ill-effect I have noticed by loading this software is a lag of a second or two when doing page loads. This is because the software scans the entire web page content before allowing your browser to have access. It also reports a list of sites it has blocked, i.e. prevented from updating their profile on you. Some sites are very impressive with the number of companies tracking you and it isn't just Google. In fact, from the notices I see, Google appears to be one of the minor offenders. Besides, it's a bit like swatting flies. I get a sense of satisfaction knowing which companies I have thwarted. -doug On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Brian Oconnell <[email protected]>wrote: > Various services have been doing ad-injection for at least five years so > not > new - first noticed it around 2006. In fact, there are wordpress utilities > that do ad injection for bloggers. The bad stuff will probably not come > until you click on the 'extra' banner. Some easy notebook mitigation to do > while traveling: > > 1. Run only chrome or mozilla FF > 2. turn off JS and cookies > 3. carry your own router (firewall settings for MAC filter, without default > SSID, etc). > 4. run Linux on trips (easy dual-boot setup, see > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win32-loader_%28Debian%29> > > Also note that a router will probably eat most of a data-line surge before > your notebook's ethernet port sees it. Routers are cheap compared to the > computer. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Doug Smith > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:01 AM > To: Si-List; emc-pstc > Subject: ad code injection? > > Hi All, > > I just found a disturbing trend used by some Internet providers, especially > ones in places like hotels. That being injecting code in to any web page > visited. As you know, I do not accept advertising for others on my website > http://emcesd.com but you may see ads I have not put there. Below is a > clip > from an article on blogs.nytimes.com and a link to the full article. If > you > ever see an ad on my website from someone else, can you please capture a > screen shot and send it to me? I do not use annoying techniques, like > blinking banners, on my web page, in fact it is just flat html with out > even > javascript. I try to make my site as informative to engineers as possible > without flashy banners and such. > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/courtyard-marriott-wifi/ > > " On its Web site, a company called RG Nets, which makes Revenue eXtraction > Gateway, explains that its system rewrites every Web page on the fly so > that > it can include a banner ad. “As you can see, the pervasive nature of the > advertising banner on all Web pages guarantees banner advertising > impression,” a narrator says in the video." > > I am late this month on my Technical Tidbit because of my move from Silicon > Valley to Boulder City, NV, where I am at the moment. > > Doug > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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