madargon, to internet
@madargon@is-a.cat avatar

Created this after reading conversation in comments below some tech article somewhere. Someone mentioned "surfing the #internet sewer" and I really liked that phrase.

#drawing #comic #krita #web #surveillance #google #SocialMedia #enshittification #privacy #adblocker #ads

madargon,
@madargon@is-a.cat avatar

@elaterite Thank you very much :blobcatheart:

madargon,
@madargon@is-a.cat avatar

@MisterMaker Maybe more of them are below water surface. Or attached to less careful travellers.

kimschulz, to privacy Danish
@kimschulz@social.data.coop avatar

The curious case of Ad-blockers

Advertisements, pervasive across the internet, not only disrupt user privacy and experience but also slow down browsing. Ad-blockers offer significant benefits such as enhanced privacy, reduced distractions, faster loading times, and bandwidth conservation. A new site feature now prompts visitors without ad-blockers to consider using them, enhancin

https://schulz.dk/2024/05/02/the-curious-case-of-ad-blockers/

#Misc #Privacy #adblocker #web #wordpress

Vivaldi, to Vivaldi
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net avatar

🎉 Exciting news for our Android folks!

On the latest update on Vivaldi 6.7, we've amped up Translate, improved the Tracker and Ad blocker functionality, tweaked the Bookmarks manager, and many other features based on YOUR feedback.

🔖 We understand that Bookmarks are one of the most important aspects of your browsing. Now, Vivaldi remembers the last folder you opened in the Bookmarks Panel. We've also tidied up your bookmarks by sorting folders first, making navigation a breeze.

⚙️ We work with Lingvanex continuously to make the built-in Vivaldi Translate more efficient. With an improved performance and the quality of translations, we hope you'll find speedy results.

In addition to the above, we’ve polished the user interface and made improvements to features across the board.

Find out what they are and enjoy browsing with more of these powerful browser features👇🏻

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-android-6-7/

DanMan,
@DanMan@vivaldi.net avatar

@Vivaldi I'd love to use it on my Librem 5, but you don't release your mobile ARM version for Linux, only Android. 😞

beandev, to random German
@beandev@social.tchncs.de avatar

Nö.

Deswegen schon nö, weil bei den meisten Seiten dann ebenfalls nur ein Teil des Artikels zu sehen ist und ich dann wieder genötigt werde, ein Abo abzuschließen. Aber dann wurde ich schon getrackt.

Also werde ich das nicht abschalten und grundsätzlich solche Seiten meiden und mein Geld bekommen die auch nicht. 🤷

eBlocker_org,
@eBlocker_org@social.tchncs.de avatar

@beandev derstandard.de lädt mit eBlocker problemlos ohne Tracker und Werbung (auf iPad Safari).
Versuche eventuell einen anderen Browser oder tarne Dein Gerät als Safari/iPad, wenn Du eine "Adblocker abschalten" Meldung bekommst.

beandev,
@beandev@social.tchncs.de avatar

@eBlocker_org
Ich bekomme das immer auf dem Android. Am PC geht es auch.

Vielleicht mit tarnen.

iode, to privacy
@iode@mastodon.online avatar
mipstian, to iOS
@mipstian@mas.to avatar

🚨Wipr 1.55 is rolling out now! 🚨

With a bunch more routine Wipr Extra updates.

As for me I'm kind of ok, just need frequent breaks 🥲

#adBlocker #iOS #macOS

zackwhittaker,
@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social avatar

@mipstian thanks for all you do! sending my best.

schizanon, to Youtube
@schizanon@mastodon.social avatar

Stube isn't blocking ads today. What happened? Did Google get wise?

schizanon,
@schizanon@mastodon.social avatar

@BeAware STube is for Android. I use it on my GoogleTV

schizanon,
@schizanon@mastodon.social avatar

@BeAware it even cuts out sponsored segments inside videos, that's the part that stopped working.

ValerieSonh, to ads
@ValerieSonh@masto.ai avatar

Study: Most Americans now use ad blockers https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/america_ad_blocker/ Notably, 66% of advertising professionals use ad blockers vs. 52% of the general public.

PKL,
@PKL@mastodon.social avatar

@ValerieSonh Yeah, this tracks. We're now a month or two into turning off all paid advertising for and literally none of the traffic data we can audit directly has registered meaningful negative change.

It's almost as if our users (mostly people who know their way around technology) have effective ways of avoiding ads altogether?!

TentinQuarantino, to alternative
@TentinQuarantino@metalhead.club avatar

Is #BandsInTown #privacyfriendly? I can’t see the privacy policy if my #AdBlocker is on 🙃

Any valuable #alternative ?

thomas,
@thomas@metalhead.club avatar
sesivany, to security
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

My mother-in-law just called me and asked if she should invest in the "new Bitcoin". She saw a video on FB where a famous Czech actor praised it on a talk show. Clearly a deepfake scam.

And she would definitely do it if she didn't have me. Some time ago I defended ad blockers as tools of online security and this is a real-life example that it's really the case.

Until Google, Meta and others get their act together, their ads should be blocked.

#adblocker #deepFakes #security

sesivany,
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

And here is an article on how someone lost $80k to this deepfake scam: https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/krimi-muz-naletel-na-reklamu-falesneho-jakuba-prachare-prisel-o-dva-miliony-40465533

Is he going to bill Meta that has been spreading this scam as a legitimate ad? 🤔

elb, to baking
@elb@social.sdf.org avatar

I don't use an . I haven't used an ad blocker in a decade or more. I see plenty of ads on the web. What I do is block third-party and known cross-site . The number of sites (even apparently legitimate sites) that implore me to disable my ad blocker is disappointing.

18+ enoclue,
@enoclue@ioc.exchange avatar

@elb how do you prevent javascript from running on your machine?

18+ elb,
@elb@social.sdf.org avatar

@enoclue I don't, entirely. I run JShelter and Privacy Badger, plus strong privacy settings in Firefox, and I make heavy use of containers.

BruceMirken, to random
@BruceMirken@mas.to avatar

If your site requires me to disable my #AdBlocker to view it, I will simply leave.

Lizette603_23,
@Lizette603_23@mastodon.social avatar

@BruceMirken amen to that

smallcircles, to web
@smallcircles@social.coop avatar

The new general trend on the :

> Please verify you are a human without any Ad Blockers turned on.

dialogs that don't work unless you turn off your .. of course you might allow the specific that makes the captcha functional, but not always clear which one to pick.

martin_fff,
@martin_fff@mastodon.social avatar

@smallcircles Guess I didnt need to use that site

hyakinthos,

What if you need to reach an agency or organisation who puts a between you and a contact form submission?

/cc
@martin_fff @smallcircles

newdefined, to Youtube German
@newdefined@troet.cafe avatar

Wie ist denn der aktuelle Stand #youtube vs #adblocker
Geht das immer noch hin und her?

Ein Bekannter meinte, sein YouTube Abo liefe jetzt über Südamerika dann sei das bezahlbar… damit könnte ich mich auch mal beschäftigen… Lohnt sich vielleicht über die Zeit

18+ apangona,
@apangona@freiburg.social avatar

@newdefined Videos schaue ich meistens über invidious oder über mpv mit yt-dlp. Das klappt werbefrei und in der Regel unproblematisch ;)

ixi,
@ixi@mastodon.online avatar

@newdefined

Im Zweifel die Seite hier checken:

Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblock detection?

https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/

gnulinux, to firefox German
@gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de avatar

Meine Lieblings Firefox AddOns

Der Webbrowser Firefox lässt sich durch AddOns erweitern und verbessern. In diesem Video stelle ich Dir meine persönlichen Lieblings Firefox AddOns vor und erkläre Dir, wie Du sie installieren kannst.

#Firefox #Privacy #Adblocker #AddOn #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/meine-lieblings-firefox-addons

rapha3l,

@gnulinux @Lioh

Wenn ich das mit dem Invidious-Router richtig verstanden habe, geht es "nur" ums Cachen/Ausfallsicherheit beim Abrufen von YouTube-Inhalten. Oder?

https://invidious.io/

gnulinux,
@gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de avatar

@rapha3l
Am besten liest du dir dazu diesen Artikel: https://gnulinux.ch/das-youtube-problem-meine-loesung

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