Hello H.J.Bathoorn, Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 12:52:02 AM, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
HJB> On Wednesday 09 November 2005 04:43, rikona wrote: >> Also, privoxy comes with only a few names. If you're serious about >> protecting your privacy, you might want to check out a good >> privacy-oriented hosts file. You might be surprised how many >> snoopers are trying to track you. Check out mvps.org. I believe >> they update their hosts file fairly often, and it will give you a >> good idea of the size of the problem. :-(( HJB> The only site google came up with was www.mvps.org whch is: HJB> "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program..... et all" HJB> and has no reference (that I can find) to privacy isues, HJB> block-ads or hosts files. Yeah, I see what you mean. I haven't been there in a while and it looks like they have redesigned the site. It seems to push all the current favorite M$ topics. You now have to search the site for 'hosts' to find it. It's at www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt and it looks like it is still updated - it has some of the 'other' names being used by doubleclick, for example. Even has the more sneaky use of Akamai by DC. :-( Some people are getting a bit upset by spyware, etc. In rummaging around a bit I found: "It's absolutely absurd that PC users must download, install, and update multiple programs just to keep their machines from silently accumulating crapware from morally-challenged Web sites. It's criminal that the leading ISPs and software giants of the world didn't move earlier to prevent these nuisances from taking over the majority of consumers' PCs." I wonder which 'software giant' they are referring to. :-)) -- rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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