 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
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Re: How to block google-analytics unless no-script blocks image loading, you can still be tracked.
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 siljalineI'm lovin' that double widePremium
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See: »Spybot & Adaware still good to use?
Under Win 7 with MVPS Hosts I leave my DNS Client on automatic but flush my DNS every once in a while.
If you've got bags on RAM, the days of disabled DNS in order not to slow your Browser are generally over.
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said by AVD:said by OZO:The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
technically, does *any* HOSTS file "support wildcards"? Technically they don't. And usual explanation is - they were not designed to block name resolutions in the first place. But if they did support of '*', blocking name resolutions would be much more efficient. If you look at examples of HOSTS files usually they contain many lines referring to one domain, but specifying each and every host within that domain, one by one. If HOSTS files supported '*', many of those lines could be substituted with just one line. E.g.:
127.0.0.1 *.google-analytics.com.
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said by AVD:unless no-script blocks image loading, you can still be tracked.
Yes, it does block images. It can cripple a website to the point of it being a blank page. I find it especially useful with sites that have a seemingly endless list of hotlinks.
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kudos:2 | I also use AdBlockPlus in conjunction with NoScript. It's very effective.
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The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
I have always noticed that buddy,why is that?? -- Is it too hard for windows to deal with 0 " *.google.com " |
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The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
I have always noticed that buddy,why is that?? -- Is it too hard for windows to deal with 0 " *.google.com " That has been repeatedly answered in just about any thread that discusses using a hosts file for "blocking" instead of its intended purpose. The standard that defines the hosts file does not provide for wildcard entries, and neither Microsoft or Windows has anything to do with that standard (other than an obligation to comply with the standard). I suspect that if MS did decide to make their own proprietary rules for the hosts file, they would be instantly lambasted for trying to corrupt a known and accepted standard.
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Re: How to block google-analytics This site might help.
»ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/browser/p3p/
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 Name GamePremium
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North Myrtle Beach, SC
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said by OZO:Keep in mind, that if you run a browser, made by Google (e.g. latest versions of Chromium), it will connect to Google analytic servers even if you block them with your hosts file.
They use directly hardcoded IP addresses (no name resolution needed). Moreover, to make the blocking harder, they require to use some of those servers to sign in into Google online accounts too... So, if you block those IP with firewall on your router, you'll not be able to sign in to your accounts. Bastards... :(
Need an example? Here it is - 74.125.129.106. Try to block it and then sign in.
BTW, to add extra confusion they assign different direct and reverse name resolutions (watch for 74.125.129.106):
D:\>nslookup
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Name: google-analytics.com
Addresses: 74.125.129.106, 74.125.129.105, 74.125.129.147, 74.125.129.99
74.125.129.104, 74.125.129.103
Then check the 74.125.129.106 IP for it's name: D:\>nslookup 74.125.129.106
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Name: pd-in-f106.1e100.net
Address: 74.125.129.106
And this time the IP comes with a different name - pd-in-f106.1e100.netThat's why if you want to block analytics servers from unsolicited tracking connections you have to make your own special build and remove those hardcoded IP's (quite big subset actually) directly from the browser or simply use Iron browser instead of Chromium/Chrome... I run google chrome..never log into any google account stuff. I block google-analytics.com and more with hosts file..and net monitor never comes up with those "hardcoded IP's" you mentioned. Where do you see that..or better yet tell me how I could.
BTW that IP if you put it in your browser goes to the google search page
@12:46PM on 9/21/2012 to www.google.com
Reply from 74.125.129.106: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=46
Reply from 74.125.129.106: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=46
Reply from 74.125.129.106: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=46
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 fartnesscomputersoc dot comPremium
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Look Outside | reply to wolfi
In Soviet Russia, Google blocks you. |
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I run Firefox with Noscript, SharMeNot, and Ghostery. This will block most Google tracking without needing to edit the HOST file.
You can easily control what sites it blocks them on, so if you need it to work on a site you can allow it, only that site and block them on all others.
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»www.ghostery.com/
»sharemenot.cs.washington.edu/
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 MannusPremium
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Fort Wayne, IN | reply to wolfi
I run Ghostery and NoScript in Palemoon X64. I also run Peerblock for what it's worth. |
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Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | reply to wolfi
Re: How to block google-analytics For Google Analytics, Google introduced asynchronous JavaScript code in December 2009 to reduce the risk of slowing the loading of pages tagged with the ga.js scrip
Due to its ubiquity, Google Analytics raises some privacy concerns. Whenever someone visits a website that uses Google Analytics, if Javascript is enabled in the browser then Google tracks that visit via the user's IP address in order to determine the user's approximate geographic location. (To meet German legal requirements, Google Analytics can anonymize the IP address.[23])
Note that the opt-in Google Account privacy policy[24] is quite different from the Google privacy policies as applied to Google AdWords, or the terms of service for users of Google Analytics—which forbid the storing of PII (Personally-Identifiable Information).[25][26]
If a website visitor uses a Google Account as ID when entering a comment or uploading to a Google property such as Blogger or YouTube, then Google receives sufficient information to identify the user and thus associate the details of the website visit with that user. Google has announced an updated privacy policy which will allow Google to specifically identify and track users of any website that uses a Google Account, if that user is also a user of any other Google product (Gmail, Picasa, YouTube, BlogSpot,etc.) to which the same privacy policy applies.[24][27][28] Much of this Google Account profile information is optional and private (viewable only by Google) by default, and the user may update or remove it.[29][30] But, as described above, it is against Google's privacy policies and the Google Analytics Terms of Service to store personally-identifiable information without a user's consent—though some people claim otherwise.[31]
Google has also released a browser plugin that turns off data about a page visit being sent to Google.[32][33] Since this plug-in is produced and distributed by Google itself, it has met much discussion and criticism. Furthermore, the realisation of Google scripts tracking user behaviours has spawned the production of multiple, often open-source, browser plug-ins to reject tracking cookies.[34] These plug-ins offer the user a choice, whether to allow Google Analytics (for example) to track his/her activities. However, partially because of new European privacy laws, most modern browsers allow users to reject tracking cookies, though Flash cookies can be a separate problem again.
It has been anecdotally reported that behind proxy servers and multiple firewalls that errors can occur changing time stamps and registering invalid searches.[35]
Webmasters who seek to mitigate Google Analytics specific privacy issues can employ a number of alternatives having their backends hosted on their own machines. Until its discontinuation, an example of such a product was Urchin WebAnalytics Software from Google itself.
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