 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to wifi4milez
Re: What about Google? said by wifi4milez:There was a user earlier this week who pointed out that you can in fact block all aspects of Nebuad. It involves placing their cookie on a black list of sorts, and then using Adblock. This prevents tracking and delivery of ads. I wont disagree that they need to have a clearly defined opt out procedure, in fact I would demand that they do. Realistically however, even if they dont you can still block them. ACCORDING TO NEBUAD, the cookies prevent NebuAd's systems from storing information about you and its ad partners from delivering targeted ads to you. We have no choice but to trust them at their word.
The way that NebuAd is designed and deployed, it cannot possibly prevent the ad company from receiving your entire data stream from your ISP.
An acceptable system wouldn't work that way. It should be your choice whether any third party gets the chance to peer into your traffic.
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| said by funchords:An acceptable system wouldn't work that way. It should be your choice whether any third party gets the chance to peer into your traffic. So you have proof that NebuAD is more than just a google ads technology. From what I read, you do have the option to opt out. It's just cookies, not the end of the world. Does anyone have the specs of these servers, or is the whole NebuAD debate pure opinion, and he said she said? |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | said by bigfussnothing :
So you have proof that NebuAD is more than just a google ads technology. Yes - »www.freepress.net/files/NebuAd_Report.pdf
said by bigfussnothing :
From what I read, you do have the option to opt out. You can opt-out any time that you like, but your ISP still sends every byte you see and send to them, regardless.
ACCORDING TO NEBUAD, you are only opting out of seeing targeted ads and NebuAd storing data about you. There is no mechanism to prevent your ISP from sending the data to this 3rd party with connections to Gator.
said by bigfussnothing :
It's just cookies, not the end of the world. Does anyone have the specs of these servers, or is the whole NebuAD debate pure opinion, and he said she said? By the looks of your name, it seems that you have taken a position without looking at any facts -- then you took this opportunity to try to make a fool out of me.
NebuAd has responded and they have not contradicted the facts in my report. They, of course, don't agree with the general characterizations, and even injected some of their own mischaracterizations, but the essential facts are not in dispute.
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Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon
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| So you don't have any specs on these servers. Thanks |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | In late 2007, they were using the Juniper E120. The specs are available on the intertubes. |
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