It's obvious that its scumbag advertisers and Google (maybe I'm repeating myself here) behind this. They want a way to track every user and all their behaviors. They want things like these to either not exist or be disabled by default. They live for all the user data they can gather. This also means they are available for law enforcement and any other party with interest to gather that data, now and in the future.
It's already starting to bother me. I'm seeing these advertisements here on Slashdot too. Aft
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Saturday September 08, 2012 @09:05AM (#41272725)
Ad-Block doesn't really help as much as you think. It's blocking ads and cookies, not tracking. Companies have had a long time to learn ways to gather data despite adblock. Install DNT Plus alongside it.
http://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php
My solution is a little extreme, but I have DNScrypt, DNT Plus, Ad-Block, Flash-Block and BetterPrivacy. I also have Collusion just to watch what data I am sharing and with who.
You don't mention this but DNS Crypt is only, officially, supported on Windows and Mac but it can be made to work on GNU/Linux and BSD with a little work. The following site gives the details you would need to do this https://johnfail.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/dnscrypt-for-linux/ [wordpress.com]
You don't have RequestPolicy? Because I'd say the best protection for your privacy is if the corresponding server is not even contacted. All other measures are only bandaids for the case where you cannot avoid contacting the server.
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Gee, How Much Google Paid For This (Score:2, Interesting)
It's already starting to bother me. I'm seeing these advertisements here on Slashdot too. Aft
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
Ad-block FTW
Re:Gee, How Much Google Paid For This (Score:0)
Ad-Block doesn't really help as much as you think. It's blocking ads and cookies, not tracking. Companies have had a long time to learn ways to gather data despite adblock. Install DNT Plus alongside it.
http://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php
My solution is a little extreme, but I have DNScrypt, DNT Plus, Ad-Block, Flash-Block and BetterPrivacy. I also have Collusion just to watch what data I am sharing and with who.
Re:Gee, How Much Google Paid For This (Score:4, Informative)
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You don't have RequestPolicy? Because I'd say the best protection for your privacy is if the corresponding server is not even contacted. All other measures are only bandaids for the case where you cannot avoid contacting the server.