Re: They're Following Me...

[Judith Berkowitz]

On Mar 7, 12:11 pm, JohnV  wrote:
...
> How is it that now  I am getting several specific singular ads
> following me around websites, forums and anything else?
...
> Any thoughts?
>
> John V

- Adblock Plus  adblockplus.org/
and
- Click to Flash  clicktoflash.com/
get rid of the symptoms of the problem.

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Re: They're Following Me...

[Bruce Johnson]

On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Kris Tilford  wrote:

> On Mar 7, 2013, at 2:11 PM, JohnV wrote:
> 
>> I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY in 
>> Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these singular 
>> things onto my screen.
> 
> They track your IP address also, so you'll need to use something like Tor to 
> remain more anonymous. Even Tor can be tracked with some effort. I have cable 
> which is supposed to be dynamic IP, but AFAIK they rarely if ever change my 
> IP. If I started hosting they'd probably pop my IP just to make it more 
> difficult for me, after all, they're not a bi-directional "information super 
> highway," they're one-way "intravenous ads for fun & profit".
> 
> As in all things, there is a cost to be paid to remain anonymous, in this 
> case Tor results in a noticeable increase in latency before webpages load, 
> the cost of slicing & dicing all those packets across all those anonymous Tor 
> nodes.
> 
> Tor on a PPC Mac may be difficult to setup now. AFAIK you use Vidalia for 
> PPC, but finding a browser may be harder, I suspect you'll need TenFourFox or 
> something with plugins enabled and a Tor plugin? The current "Tor Browser 
> Bundle" required OS X 10.6+ and Intel, so getting Tor working on PPC may be a 
> bit of a challenge now, but I'm sure it can be done. Just search Tor PPC or 
> Vidalia PPC.
> 
> Here are current PPC versions of Vidalia to get you started:
> 

Much simpler to find someone else's wifi to get on the internet :-)

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Re: They're Following Me...

[Kris Tilford]

On Mar 7, 2013, at 2:11 PM, JohnV wrote:

I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire  
HISTORY in Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings  
these singular things onto my screen.


They track your IP address also, so you'll need to use something like  
Tor to remain more anonymous. Even Tor can be tracked with some  
effort. I have cable which is supposed to be dynamic IP, but AFAIK  
they rarely if ever change my IP. If I started hosting they'd probably  
pop my IP just to make it more difficult for me, after all, they're  
not a bi-directional "information super highway," they're one-way  
"intravenous ads for fun & profit".


As in all things, there is a cost to be paid to remain anonymous, in  
this case Tor results in a noticeable increase in latency before  
webpages load, the cost of slicing & dicing all those packets across  
all those anonymous Tor nodes.


Tor on a PPC Mac may be difficult to setup now. AFAIK you use Vidalia  
for PPC, but finding a browser may be harder, I suspect you'll need  
TenFourFox or something with plugins enabled and a Tor plugin? The  
current "Tor Browser Bundle" required OS X 10.6+ and Intel, so getting  
Tor working on PPC may be a bit of a challenge now, but I'm sure it  
can be done. Just search Tor PPC or Vidalia PPC.


Here are current PPC versions of Vidalia to get you started:


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Re: They're Following Me...

[Bruce Johnson]

On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:11 PM, JohnV  wrote:

> Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not accepting ) 
> them, but things have moved on.
> How is it that now  I am getting several specific singular ads following me 
> around websites, forums and anything else?
> I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY in 
> Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these singular 
> things onto my screen.
> Any thoughts?

They're probably using your IP address for geolocation, which is why most of 
the ad-supported websites I hit seem to have ads for "Tucson Mother makes money 
fast!" and the like.

My suggestion is ignore the ads. If you really want ot browse in private, use 
Incognito windows in Chrome, or Priavte Browsing in Safari, etc.

Owners of websites DO have some control over what ads are placed on them, so if 
there's something egregiously offensive tell the webmaster of the site in 
question.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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They're Following Me...

[JohnV]

Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not  
accepting ) them, but things have moved on.
How is it that now  I am getting several specific singular ads  
following me around websites, forums and anything else?
I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY  
in Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these  
singular things onto my screen.

Any thoughts?

John V


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