Google is Big Brother creepy.

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Belated Happy Birthday.

I run a program called Windos Cleaner on startup because Google, Yahoo, Bing, and all the other programs keep track of everything you do. They struck me as a buch of hypocrits when they cried about NSA demanding all the information they kept on everyone of their users. So why were they keeping all that info? So they can sell it to advertisers. Ever notice if you search for a product that the next time you login here the advertising bar at the top of the page keeps referring to similar products? All thanks to Microsoft's effing cookies.

I have AdBlockerPlus and no longer see any banners here, on AK or anywhere. I recommend it if you are tired of banner ads everywhere.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Belated Happy Birthday.

I run a program called Windos Cleaner on startup because Google, Yahoo, Bing, and all the other programs keep track of everything you do. They struck me as a buch of hypocrits when they cried about NSA demanding all the information they kept on everyone of their users. So why were they keeping all that info? So they can sell it to advertisers. Ever notice if you search for a product that the next time you login here the advertising bar at the top of the page keeps referring to similar products? All thanks to Microsoft's effing cookies.

Running NoScript with Firefox blocks all of that. They're still spying on you, but at least you don't know it.

Chas

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Zeke

How in the Hell?

Happy birthday. I assume that you are now old enough to know better?

Chas

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by merrylander

AVIRA takes care of those, plus another trick in email. Highlight the email message, then pull down the FILE drop down menu and select PROPERTIES.

Some jerkoff in the UK tried to get into my machine yesterday by imitating a COSTCO message saying our order could not be delivered and please click here and fill out the form.

Well we had not ordered a damn thing from COSTCO, and prperties showed the message originated at some UK address - so delete!

I got one of those. I tend to look at the message source display of such things, which does not expose you to the potential risks of opening them for reading, while being more revealing.

Then MS Outlook affords the opportunity of marking messages as a 'phishing scam' which supposedly does some little good in improving filtering. This had arrived in the junk folder in the first place, so there's little more that can happen, I suppose. But I get a small satisfaction from applying the label anyway. I fantasize that Interpol will get 'em. They won't, of course....

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

I got one of those. I tend to look at the message source display of such things, which does not expose you to the potential risks of opening them for reading, while being more revealing.

Then MS Outlook affords the opportunity of marking messages as a 'phishing scam' which supposedly does some little good in improving filtering. This had arrived in the junk folder in the first place, so there's little more that can happen, I suppose. But I get a small satisfaction from applying the label anyway. I fantasize that Interpol will get 'em. They won't, of course....

I use Outlook Express but deleted the third screen where it will open messages for you. Been getting a lot of junk from folks over on cox.net lately. I don't know you so delete.

[bobabode]

Happy Belated Birthday Zeke. Hope it was a good one.