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See subject: I have lists of sites using bitcoin script (that I block out immediately via hosts which IS what my program is for, building up lists that grow to blockout just like they do vs. TONS of kinds of malware)

&

Again there's always Opera to stall javascript GLOBALLY & make "exception site" by site prefs to allow it on sites that DEMAND it (ordinarily I ditch a site like that & find alternate that don't require it... & there are ALWAYS those (/. is a PRIME "example thereof" in fact - I don't require script here, you "registered 'lusers'" do as script/cookie slaves, lol)).

APK

P.S.=> Quote Tom Petty: "but NOT ME, baby - I've got YOU to SAVE me..." (Opera & my own work, best of its kind no questions asked on MANY fronts vs. competitors of ALL kinds, even progs like it APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

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It used to be, especially prior to KitKat, but it stopped being "complete crap" a long time ago and now is little more than personal preferences. Samsung's launcher is a bit weird, but easily replaced. Underneath though it's pretty much as Android as Pixel and seems to run just as well.

"Unnecessary processes" don't run. Hell half the shit people complain about are basic functionality of the phone. If you want a feature phone, get a feature phone instead of a phone with features. Most of the "unnecessary processes" are listed right in the marketing material and providing the phone without them would be just open up the opposite complaint: "I bought X why can't the phone do it out of the box! OMG class action!"

Whenever I feel like laughing at idiots it's always fun to read the 1 star reviews on the ant+ service helper on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/... Idiots basically saying the equivalent of "But I never plug my ethernet cable in, why does my computer have an ethernet driver!"

See subject & best option right now is to block known Bitcoin mining domains. One of the better options to do that is to add these to the hosts file of the operating system so that these domains redirect to localhost" https://www.ghacks.net/2017/09... Martin Brinkman - GHacks

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"... use this classic Windows hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot domains at the OS level" - https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... BLEEPING COMPUTER

* Via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

APK

P.S.=> Accept NO substitute for more speed, security, reliability & anonymity online that does FAR more for FAR less vs. other "so-called 'solutions'", natively w/ what you already have in a hosts file - NO other SINGLE competitor does as much (& competitors many times more complex + exploitable also)... apk

I'd never go back to that site.

So how will you deal with the frustration when you find that the majority of the top ten results from a particular web search query come from that site and others like it? It becomes tedious to add a dozen or more -site:domain.example terms to every single query. Google Search used to allow blacklisting a domain, but this feature has since been permanently discontinued. I found some promising browser extensions for users of Google Search on select desktop browsers:

But what works for Chrome for Android, Edge, or Safari? Or for DuckDuckGo or Bing?

I'd never go back to that site.

So how will you deal with the frustration when you find that the majority of the top ten results from a particular web search query come from that site and others like it? It becomes tedious to add a dozen or more -site:domain.example terms to every single query. Google Search used to allow blacklisting a domain, but this feature has since been permanently discontinued. I found some promising browser extensions for users of Google Search on select desktop browsers:

But what works for Chrome for Android, Edge, or Safari? Or for DuckDuckGo or Bing?

I've been manually accomplishing the same thing with Quick Javascript Switcher to turn off JS on sites which abuse it, and The Great Suspender to freeze background tabs.

I also keep Windows Task Manager's CPU graph in the notifications bar so I can see if my computer isn't dropping to idle. That's what originally led me to start using The Great Suspender. Although in my case it wasn't crytocurrency mining scripts, it was poor coding on Google's Photos and Drive websites which kept chewing up CPU cycles in the background.

I've been manually accomplishing the same thing with Quick Javascript Switcher to turn off JS on sites which abuse it, and The Great Suspender to freeze background tabs.

I also keep Windows Task Manager's CPU graph in the notifications bar so I can see if my computer isn't dropping to idle. That's what originally led me to start using The Great Suspender. Although in my case it wasn't crytocurrency mining scripts, it was poor coding on Google's Photos and Drive websites which kept chewing up CPU cycles in the background.

There is also Debian noroot with some performance hit (it rewrite paths with strace). It's a shame that anything uses hardcoded paths in 2017. Ideally userland should run on Android/ChromeOS with at most a recompile and replacement "X" libraries that do native graphics.

See subject & "Arc-ReAcToR Technology" - Tony Stark, Iron Man 2008

"It's as strong as steel & a 3rd the weight" - Howard Stark, Capt. America

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* Hosts ARE such a technology & IF I worked @ MS (or whoever really controls the IP stack)? Quote Leonardo DiCaprio from "The Aviator"? "She'll go faster..."

(HOWEVER/again, to my 'impersonator' (lame by the way to even do but...) - Hosts do NOT "Cure ALL" despite you trying to "put words in MY mouth" I never myself ever once said, even ME in fact admitting where they don't work (upmodded +5) http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1901826&cid=34490450/ )

APK

P.S.=> HOWEVER, in the end? Yes, "It works" (Tony Stark again, Iron Man 2008) & better than ANYTHING else, no less on TONS of levels, unquestionably... apk

Wargaming.net sure has. They have a patent on almost the exact same thing in World of Tanks.

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

See subject: It's easy stalling both coinhive & other crypto currency mining scripts as shown here using hosts files to do so https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11236571&cid=55370569/ & here too https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11233583&cid=55368753/

APK

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When I was four I stuck a sterling silver spoon in a socket.I remember. Blue flash. Found myself against the other side of the hall. My savvy mother kept that blackened spoon in the kitchen drawer for years. And sometimes I wound up eating my tomato soup with it when I was still quite little. I never played with an electric socket again. I have no fear of electricity, but I do have respect for it.

As for all the different plugs. The British ones are generally recognized safest, but I do confess they reflect a nanny-state mentality. And as I tend to be careful ... I am partial to the US's simple polarized fork. I have traveled quite a bit and have seen a lot of plugs. But the hidden issue here is the use of safety standards as a fig-leaf for good old trade protectionism. It is the classic end-run around trade agreements. Not to mention the ridiculous IT standards war over connections to peripherals.

And so now to the topic. I have a 5X, which I like fine. And in my personal experience the USB-C cable is great. Symmetrical so a final late-night hookup to charge just before sleep is a breeze. I was also sure to buy high-quality cables so I have had no issues. There is a Google Tech who dutifully tests them. Okay.. found him. Benson Leung But there is clearly a lot of corner-cutting crap.. I would love to see USB-C take over. So practical. Same at both ends with symmetrical connectors. I have a big box of USB alphabet soup (mini micro custom) that I would be happy to recycle. Not calling Goodwill yet, however.

I'm sorry that your employer is such a dick. Too bad that Google openly brags about providing (AKA selling) this so called "encrypted" information. They won't be in violation of anything.

https://www.google.com/policie...

We provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

https://www.google.com/policie...

We provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

"trusted" businesses or persons.. uh huh.. Who does an advertising company "trust"? Probably anyone who signs a large check.

So far as I understand it they do keyword scans.

Stop being dishonest. You fully well know what they do.

Lets compare.

Chicago, 2016, murder rate ~ 16

Dodge City murder rate had a murder rate 10x that.

source 1 (blurb answer when searching chicago murder rate 2016): https://www.google.com/search?...

Source 2: https://cjrc.osu.edu/research/...

Let Google help with that.

See subject: Via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Ads/script/malware rob speed/security/privacy/bandwidth.

Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).

Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!

Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirect (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + DNS tracking & lighten DNS load & resolve faster from local RAM!

* Via what u NATIVELY have in a FASTER kernelmode IP stack!

APK

P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/ (self checking code vs. infection of program built-in)

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

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Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

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See subject (Win7 = unaffected) https://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2017/10/a-bug-has-no-name-multiple-heap-buffer-overflows-in-the-windows-dns-client/

* I use hosts files combined w/ OpenDNS (patched vs. kaminsky redirect poisoning) vs. UNPATCHED remote DNS (99++% != patched)

I turn the service for it off (too small of a buffer to contain LARGE hosts files creating CPU overuse) & use this to UP priority of hosts over local dns clientside SLOWER USERMODE dnsapi.dll + over remote unpatched DNS servers:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider]
"DnsPriority"=dword:00000006
"HostsPriority"=dword:00000005
"LocalPriority"=dword:00000007
"NetbtPriority"=dword:00000008

(LOWER = MORE PRIORITY)

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Ads/script/malware rob speed/security/privacy/bandwidth.

Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).

Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!

Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirect (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + DNS tracking & lighten DNS load & resolve faster from local RAM!

* Via what u NATIVELY have in a FASTER kernelmode IP stack!

APK

P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/ (self checking code vs. infection of program built-in it)

See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Ads/script/malware rob speed/security/privacy/bandwidth.

Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).

Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!

Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirect (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + DNS tracking & lighten DNS load & resolve faster from local RAM!

* Via what u NATIVELY have in a FASTER kernelmode IP stack!

APK

P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/ (self checking code vs. infection of program built-in it)

This is useful reading, even though it doesn't precisely describe the nature of the RSA key generation problem:

https://sites.google.com/a/chr...

See subject (Win7 = unaffected) https://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2017/10/a-bug-has-no-name-multiple-heap-buffer-overflows-in-the-windows-dns-client/

* I use hosts files combined w/ OpenDNS (patched vs. kaminsky redirect poisoning) vs. UNPATCHED remote DNS (99++% != patched)

I turn the service for it off ( too small of a buffer to contain LARGE hosts files creating CPU overuse) & use this to UP priority of hosts over local dns clientside SLOWER USERMODE dnsapi.dll + over remote unpatched DNS servers:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider]
"DnsPriority"=dword:00000006
"HostsPriority"=dword:00000005
"LocalPriority"=dword:00000007
"NetbtPriority"=dword:00000008

(LOWER = MORE PRIORITY)

APK

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Has MS patched dnsapi.dll for Win8-10 (local DNS cache = bad)? Win7 = unaffected (best one & why I use it) https://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2017/10/a-bug-has-no-name-multiple-heap-buffer-overflows-in-the-windows-dns-client/

* Anyone wonder WHY I use hosts files in combination w/ OpenDNS (patched vs. kaminsky redirect poisoning) vs. UNPATCHED remote DNS or unpatched ISP dns (99++% aren't patched vs. kaminsky redirect poisonings)?

Don't wonder why after reading the above...

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I'd agree with your and the parent's assessment as well.

Back in 2007:

* Windows stability was joke. /que Your mouse has moved, please reboot!
* Linux stability was legendary. Custom kernels FTW!

Ironically, in 2017:

* Windows is (finally) stable
* Linux seems to be getting more unstable with each passing year

On the other hand, who knew that:

* Windows would turn into a complete clusterfuck of spyware
* Linux would dominate the Top 500 supercomputers, and be on 2 billion devices
* Windows Phones. MWUAHAHA! LOL. Even with a ~20 year head start MS _still_ couldn't figure out how to make Windows on a Phone sell.

> Linux support of notebook computers

Yup, that has always been an Achilles heel of Linux. All the *nix geeks (myself included) switched over to MBPs (MacBook Pros). We get a good GUI and BSD out-of-the-box. Dual booting, a dedicated Windows box, VMWare are not going away anytime soon but at least we have choices.

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The App has no way to know the "names" of cell phone towers either.

Wait... you trying to tell me you never saw a notification from a cell tower notifying you to which cell tower and which network you are connected?
That thing where it lets you know the operator and the label of the tower you're connected to, usually named after the neighborhood it's placed in?

The App can only use/post the location.

And what would you call a designation attached to such location of a specific cell tower? How about "a name"?

What about: the strongest signal wins?
Hu? A cell phone simply has one antenna. Not to eyes. It can not even "look at a light house".

Number of "eyes" or antennae does not matter - "the strongest signal wins" is precisely how the phone (and thus the app) knows that at Time001 it was near one tower and at Time010 it was near a different tower.
Or if the "eyes" and "lighthouses" is a too confusing metaphor - try foghorns or loud music.
Or picking up different radio stations on the same frequency as you drive down the road. Even a blind passenger could tell where you're at simply by listening to the music changing on the same frequency.

In fact, "the strongest signal wins" allows for triangulation of movement - an app can tell the strength of the signal from tower A and WHEN it was overridden by the strength of the signal from tower B.
At the intersection of those two signals - there you are.
Hell... an app actually sees any tower even remotely in range, allowing for higher precision in urban areas.

The point was about MAC address. Unless your phone exposes an API (and my web browser on my laptop most certainly does not), there is no way the App can know the MAC address and send that to the server.

MAC address case and cell tower case are two different events.

Frankly I don't know what my cousin's kid has running on that box of his. Or the permissions he gave to scripts and whatnot. For all I know it's probably crawling with spyware.
BUT... considering that today almost any piece of hardware comes with a "social component" where you can "share" the crap you do, games you play, places you're at with your "friends" - and most often it does that by "logging in with Facebook"...
Who needs spyware? Fucking drivers are calling back to Facebook.

Hell... I had a situation not so long ago where an overburdened Firefox, with a whole bunch of tabs, started crashing on me... causing my screen to start turning off and on. WTF?
Turns out, Firefox was taking NVIDIA drivers with it as it crashed - cause a graphic card driver is now a hybrid app, with a web browser of its own, so it can "connect" and "share" and "login".

But you are right that it doesn't even have to be the MAC address. Gathering geolocation WOULD do.
Hell... it'd do a lot better than a MAC address to identify an actual person.
But why stop there, when he came to my home with his mobile in his pocket, running who knows what, accessing all the cell towers and wireless routers along the way, from his front door to mine.

And if you can ask your phone to look for wireless networks around you - so can any app you gave permissions to access Wi-Fi.
Same goes for any other hardware, software or personal info on the phone. If you can see it, so can an app.
In fact, an app can often access system files and various other telemetry data much easier than the average user. Or even the above average one.
And everyone happily allows apps to do just that.
Cause everyone wants their Vibers for nothing and their tweets for free.

Q:

How does one get to use it? I use Chrome.

A:

Use a User CSS extension/addon/plugin of choice.

So: Google "chrome user css extension".

I personally use this one: https://chrome.google.com/webs...

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

See subject: Browsers do even better (& go faster) APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Ads/script/malware rob speed/security/privacy/bandwidth.

Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).

Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!

Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirect (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + DNS requestlog tracking & lighten DNS load & resolve faster from local system RAM!

* Via what u NATIVELY have in a FASTER kernelmode IP stack!

APK

P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/

The entire fiasco that is Windows 8 and 10 demonstrates pretty clearly that Microsoft is completely clueless about user interface design.

Why should they care? [click 5 year] They have always been imitators, never innovators.

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Hosts protect where addons can't (or as well):

Bad sites (past ads)
Botnet C&Cs
DNS down or poisoned
Trackers (dns logs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
Dns blocks
Spam/phish payload
Slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
Hosts = Ez edit.

AB+ 151mb https://www.google.com/search?q=Adblock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

UBlock 64MB https://www.google.com/search?q=UBlock+memory+consumption&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1/

Hosts~16mb

Addons = ClarityRay defeatable & crippled http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/

NoScript tag parses. Hosts block script prior to it!

No 1 addon does as much.

Stacked addons slowup.

ADDONS = EXPLOITABLE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11166303&cid=55266729/

APK

P.S.=> APK Hosts File Engine https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

See subject: Browsers do even better (& go faster) APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Ads/script/malware rob speed/security/privacy/bandwidth.

Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).

Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!

Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirect (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + DNS requestlog tracking & lighten DNS load & resolve faster from local system RAM!

* Via what u NATIVELY have in a FASTER kernelmode IP stack!

APK

P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/