Could this be our next compliance engineering frontier -> W3C regulatory conformity?
At this time, the W3 consortium is having a three-day meeting to define the standards for tracking technology. And ad agencies are already complaining, because there are already HTML5 ad-injection services. Have you ever had the feeling that governments are influencing CISPR25 and 12 so they know that their mobile tracking devices will have no interference? All hail the space-alien galactic over-lords and their magnificent tracking and thought-injection technology. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Doug Powell Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] ad code injection? 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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