On 1 October 2010 04:47, Tux99 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010, Liam R E Quin wrote: > >> Possibly, but then you don't get the ads... which, like it or not, are >> funding an awful lot of Web sites. > > The business model of web site owners shouldn't be our concern, > otherwise we should also stop using FOSS since it's all lost sales for > proprietary software and we should stop reading news online since it > hurts newspaper sales, etc. > >> There's always the myth that Linux users have no money, and/or just want >> things without paying for them... > > It has nothing to do with money, it's about blocking annoying flashing > ads, pop-overs, pop-unders, user-tracking scripts, etc. > >> Better to make AdBlock scripts easy to install (e.g. via >> MageiaControlCentre?), and maybe include them (so no download needed) >> but not enabled. > > Ok, we could keep it disabled by default, but it should be installed so > that anyone can easily enable it, if desired. > > On the other hand we should keep the following two options in Firefox > DISABLED by default, since they are nothing but Google tracking devices > disguised as security features: > > Preferences>Security: > - Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site > - Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery > > With these two options enabled, Firefox contacts a Google DB for every > site you visit, telling Google the site you are visiting (Google > claims they don't use this info to track users, but given Google's > attitude to privacy, I do not believe their claim at all). > Also these two options are really meant to protect Windows users, on > Linux they are fairly useless from a security POV. > >
A bit off-topic, but first you should answer pterjan's question here[1]: “Look at the code and show me a place where any URL is sent to Google.” [1] http://lists.mandriva.com/cooker/2010-08/msg00461.php -- Ahmad Samir
