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 R2R NotPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-18
Long Beach, CA
kudos:1 | reply to Zhen-Xjell
Re: POLL: Ad/Cookies/Etc Blocking Applications/Tools Of course, you know what I use, but just for the sake of discussion ---
I checked Hosts, but I also use CookieWall for my Cookies and I have an "Other" -- since I have an advanced and rather complicated "Zone" scheme to block many other "badness" out there -- such as ActiveX, Java, and Scripting. | |
 HutchPremium
join:2000-10-14
australia | I use Naviscope for Ads & Pop ups and Cookie Pal for Cookies. I wish i could Vote twice.
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said by R2:
I have an "Other" -- since I have an advanced and rather complicated "Zone" scheme to block many other "badness" out there -- such as ActiveX, Java, and Scripting.
I am struggling to understand the many different threats and SW that may be used. It is so confusing, like a Chinese menu - one from column A, one from column B, etc. I do Love HOSTS - it rocks. I've set bad sites in my "restricted" IE zone, so I never get any doubleclick cookies, etc. Therefore I do not need any cookie management SW.
However, I fear more SW may Not be better here because I have no way to determine any conflicts. For instance, my Norton AV may want to access resources that are also used by other Anti-ActiveX-Java-Scripting SW.
R2, What SW runs in your "zone", please?
For now, my pop-ups are not blocked, but the HOSTS makes them BLANK white browser windows that I just close.
Is there any known test for if one's ActiveX-Java-Scripting are under control?
Can IE internet settings at "prompt" for these be effective?
As for web-bugs, I have no clue. What is that? What SW fights a web-bug? I DO know enough not to accept any attachments from unknown folks or to let my email client automatically open any HTML email, especially when connected to the internet.
Thanks for a great thread.  DSLR folks are the best!
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 Zhen-XjellProlific BunnyPremium,VIP,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-10-08
Bordentown, NJ | said by DelaWhere_Steve:
As for web-bugs, I have no clue. What is that? What SW fights a web-bug? I DO know enough not to accept any attachments from unknown folks or to let my email client automatically open any HTML email, especially when connected to the internet.
That is the nice thing behind all these privacy issues, many solutions exist.
For instance, one way of fighting web bugs, cookies, pop-ups, etc is to use a bush type system solution. Example, the use of PopKi, Hosts, IE Restricted Zones can effectively block many of the privacy seeking code. All are fairly easy to use, and should be used together. Without one, the bush solution can fall apart (but not entirely, if PopKi fails, at least the Hosts and IE Zones can still function -- they are not interdependent products).
Then there is a tree system solution. For example, WebWasher and Proxomitron. This flavorful solution takes the "bush" method and contains all the privacy blocking code into one application. Hence, an application like WebWasher is the core application, a "one-stop-shop". But if that application were to fail, total privacy blocking ends since no other products (eg. Hosts) are not installed nor running.
In summary, the type of system you decide to use is your choice. Do you want to manage multiple products with the knowledge that if one fails the others have a good chance of working correctly? Or do you want a "one-stop-shopping" experience in which a single application does everything?
The flipside to this is the sharing of security settings with others on the Internet. Having to manage multiple solutions can be tasking, but with a single product like Proxomitron, if a new filter is developed, simply copy/paste to the web and users and install that filter very easily.
My suggestion? Try a few out, and then make your own decision as to what suits your privacy comfort level.
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