tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post543058698259374843..comments2024-03-22T11:13:26.808+00:00Comments on Life is a Mind Bending Puzzle: Google Brother is Watching Youmbphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-16820202520898933022013-05-04T05:56:24.675+00:002013-05-04T05:56:24.675+00:00I don't like ad blockers Eutheos. I guess I fe...I don't like ad blockers Eutheos. I guess I feel a moral obligation to allow ads adds as payback for all the wonderful free stuff we get on the internet. On a more pragmatic level I am sure that if everyone blocked ads the we wouldn't have an internet. <br /><br />I will admit I used to use add blockers but that was about a decade ago when bandwidth was very slow and ads were very intrusive. They have become less intrusive partly due to broadband but partly due to better ad design. The privacy thing is a bit worrying I guess but for the moment I put up with it. I don't really have anything to hide. I do have a niggling worry about what would happen if some disreputable government got it's hands on all that data.mbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-74481775587420557222013-05-04T04:39:26.374+00:002013-05-04T04:39:26.374+00:00You might just go ahead and use adblockers. Apart ...You might just go ahead and use adblockers. Apart from that, opting out of targeted advertising is a good first step. Then there is some greasemonkey obfuscating scripts available for Firefox. I see next to no advertising while browsing and the one I see is wildly irrelevant, just the way I like it. Eutheosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-80765096284143740332013-05-01T13:38:02.104+00:002013-05-01T13:38:02.104+00:00Gank you may just have spotted a flaw in the whole...Gank you may just have spotted a flaw in the whole online advertising model. They are very good at showing you adverts for stuff you have already bought but not so good at predicting what you are going to need next.mbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-63396795854645416242013-04-30T21:17:34.185+00:002013-04-30T21:17:34.185+00:00Yea, I get these all the time too. I figure I'...Yea, I get these all the time too. I figure I'm one step ahead of them though because I get a huge amount of World of Tanks ads which is a game I'm already playing!Gankalicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508064508891396252noreply@blogger.com