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Re:Got an alert! My first one with PB, one years u
it's just http://testmy.net/ was Google yet they hid the fact, vs Flurry.com, it took some digging and many links from original ToS but you would find a Google ToS. A post reply was by one of the admins of how much they enjoyed working for Google, and I questioned the ToS; It was changed to a Google ToS; Changed now to: no clue (not read yet)
Read, it takes a link from "Third Parties & Use of Cookies" in the Privacy Policy to show it is a Google site http://www.google.com/policies...
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Got an alert! My first one with PB, one years use.
https://www.robtex.com/ clicking on a disqus.com icon you will be met with a requester to abort and reason: "Logging into Disqus can allow it to track you around the web". Answering no shows what u had to post was not that important.
My Post was to help, the IP address 72.21.91.29 shows over 100 pages containing malware (most I've seen) but it's a feed for the UseNet where Malware is expected and fairly obvious. Not a big deal.
I took a back door approach to get a disqus.com account (through robtex.com) I had no ToS (privacy policy) to read.
Post to Robtex.com can be posted without account, and how I will from now on.
Was kool though, sitting unobtrusively all this time in the menu bar, when it tosses up an alert you take notice. The reason for Privacy Badger showing a plus, sorry but many just say a bad site ahead awaits u.
That Disqus.com didn't make the HOSTS file? No clue, I dropped the ball.
I have checked https://www.robtex.com/ while I found no Google links before, nor mention of Google in the FAQ (no ToS), the site reeks of Google (very nice, good useful info). It's no big deal, it's just http://testmy.net/ was Google yet they hid the fact, vs Flurry.com, it took some digging and many links from original ToS but you would find a Google ToS. A post reply was by one of the admins of how much they enjoyed working for Google, and I questioned the ToS; It was changed to a Google ToS; Changed now to: no clue (not read yet) but just assume Google and do what you do - I leave Google alone but for advertising, and data collection other than what I know (my choice) is going to be Public domain (my searches for one).
FWIW https://disqus.com/ gives no alert.
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A few options...
Speedtest.net used to be good at one stage. But when I tried them relatively recently, I found that they measure the speed once it gets going, and ignore the regular dropouts that may occur. Speedtest.net claimed about 1gigabit, but in reality it was a tenth or even a fiftieth of that.
I had more luck with the following:
http://speedof.me/ - HTML5 Internet speed test (no Flash or Java needed). It claims to be the "smartest and most accurate online bandwidth test".
http://testmy.net - Nice graph and intelligent picking of the size of the test file to download. -
Re:Cookies
It's not enough to log out, you have to wipe the cookies, too. Google sets a lot of them and then there are Google-related sites like Youtube which also set Cookies. I'm not sure how much these other sites share Cookies with Google, but I wouldn't trust them on it.
It's much more than not logging in to block tracking, just one step. Web Beacons are the concern logging in or reading html email.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacons running a huge a$$ HOSTS file is also very important.Ever hear of flurry http://flurry.com/ https://top.robtex.com/flurry.com.html#records
that's a biggie to block. It's Google analytics, for a price they provide advertisers
user demographics and what ads to send to you.Mostly used for mobile devices Flurry.com will let you opt-out if you give them your device ID.
http://www.flurry.com/user-opt-out.html every time I change the OS on my rooted Xoom tablet the ID changes
so I block it at the router level (just got a new router with firewall). Also your device ID isn't all that easy to find.
- for Android > play.store look for: Device IDRead the ToS, Privacy Policy at http://rovio.com/ it explains in detail what angry birds does with your collected data.
One is they send your info to Flurry.com who in return sends them prospective clients.----
Here's a good one... Read the ToS at http://flurry.com/ you'd never know it was Google.
I registered at http://testmy.net/ to keeps a data base of my connection rates; of course I read their terms of service,
it led you to https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/?fg=1There was a thread about tracking I happened on after my registration, the operator of that site
replied to the thread mentioning he was very happy to be working for Google, it was a good company.
I replied that it's odd your so up front about being part of Google yet one would never know through the ToS
http://flurry.com/ was Google as well. Now reading the ToS you'd never know http://testmy.net/ is part of Google.
unless you went to Robtex.com https://top.robtex.com/testmy.net.html#recordsYes Google provides a service and expects something in return, they can have my searches and the links
I visit, as I find them through Google. But I don't need Google+ shoved not only in my face, but into my lifel
Google+ isn't a service it's totally different. -
Re:Cookies
It's not enough to log out, you have to wipe the cookies, too. Google sets a lot of them and then there are Google-related sites like Youtube which also set Cookies. I'm not sure how much these other sites share Cookies with Google, but I wouldn't trust them on it.
It's much more than not logging in to block tracking, just one step. Web Beacons are the concern logging in or reading html email.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacons running a huge a$$ HOSTS file is also very important.Ever hear of flurry http://flurry.com/ https://top.robtex.com/flurry.com.html#records
that's a biggie to block. It's Google analytics, for a price they provide advertisers
user demographics and what ads to send to you.Mostly used for mobile devices Flurry.com will let you opt-out if you give them your device ID.
http://www.flurry.com/user-opt-out.html every time I change the OS on my rooted Xoom tablet the ID changes
so I block it at the router level (just got a new router with firewall). Also your device ID isn't all that easy to find.
- for Android > play.store look for: Device IDRead the ToS, Privacy Policy at http://rovio.com/ it explains in detail what angry birds does with your collected data.
One is they send your info to Flurry.com who in return sends them prospective clients.----
Here's a good one... Read the ToS at http://flurry.com/ you'd never know it was Google.
I registered at http://testmy.net/ to keeps a data base of my connection rates; of course I read their terms of service,
it led you to https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/?fg=1There was a thread about tracking I happened on after my registration, the operator of that site
replied to the thread mentioning he was very happy to be working for Google, it was a good company.
I replied that it's odd your so up front about being part of Google yet one would never know through the ToS
http://flurry.com/ was Google as well. Now reading the ToS you'd never know http://testmy.net/ is part of Google.
unless you went to Robtex.com https://top.robtex.com/testmy.net.html#recordsYes Google provides a service and expects something in return, they can have my searches and the links
I visit, as I find them through Google. But I don't need Google+ shoved not only in my face, but into my lifel
Google+ isn't a service it's totally different. -
Re:Symptom of a wider problem.
:::.. testmy.net test results
Download Connection is:: 8762 Kbps about 8.76 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1070 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 1060 Kbps about 1.06 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 129 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)Test Time:: 2006/06/08 - 6:56am
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-74WJC2O8D
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-OCJ23HPT5
Host Average:: host:cox.net dl-avg:4626Kbps ul-avg:662Kbps
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; -
Re:Symptom of a wider problem.
:::.. testmy.net test results
Download Connection is:: 8762 Kbps about 8.76 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1070 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 1060 Kbps about 1.06 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 129 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)Test Time:: 2006/06/08 - 6:56am
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-74WJC2O8D
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-OCJ23HPT5
Host Average:: host:cox.net dl-avg:4626Kbps ul-avg:662Kbps
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; -
Re:Symptom of a wider problem.
:::.. testmy.net test results
Download Connection is:: 8762 Kbps about 8.76 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1070 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 1060 Kbps about 1.06 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 129 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)Test Time:: 2006/06/08 - 6:56am
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-74WJC2O8D
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-OCJ23HPT5
Host Average:: host:cox.net dl-avg:4626Kbps ul-avg:662Kbps
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; -
Re:I'm also getting my full bandwidthnot to be a dick or anything but, mine's faster!
Connection is:: 17612 Kbps about 17.61 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 2150 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/06/02 - 1:58pm
Bottom Line:: 307X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.48 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 5.656 seconds to complete
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 196.05 % faster than the average for host (57.115)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-0BOZLH9UJ -
Re:I'm also getting my full bandwidthnot to be a dick or anything but, mine's faster!
Connection is:: 17612 Kbps about 17.61 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 2150 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/06/02 - 1:58pm
Bottom Line:: 307X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.48 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 5.656 seconds to complete
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 196.05 % faster than the average for host (57.115)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-0BOZLH9UJ -
Re:What are you using to test the speed?
well if you use http://www.testmy.net/ you should be able to get the maximum speed your connection will allow. They use very stable servers for testing.
It's like the only place that I can max out my personal connection.
Connection is:: 9363 Kbps about 9.36 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1143 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/06/01 - 11:06pm
Bottom Line:: 163X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.9 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 5.235 seconds to complete
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Alexa Toolbar)
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 112.46 % faster than the average for host (cox.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NUDR6SIAF -
Re:What are you using to test the speed?
well if you use http://www.testmy.net/ you should be able to get the maximum speed your connection will allow. They use very stable servers for testing.
It's like the only place that I can max out my personal connection.
Connection is:: 9363 Kbps about 9.36 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1143 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/06/01 - 11:06pm
Bottom Line:: 163X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.9 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 5.235 seconds to complete
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Alexa Toolbar)
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 112.46 % faster than the average for host (cox.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NUDR6SIAF -
Re:What are you using to test the speed?
well if you use http://www.testmy.net/ you should be able to get the maximum speed your connection will allow. They use very stable servers for testing.
It's like the only place that I can max out my personal connection.
Connection is:: 9363 Kbps about 9.36 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1143 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/06/01 - 11:06pm
Bottom Line:: 163X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.9 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 5.235 seconds to complete
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Alexa Toolbar)
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 112.46 % faster than the average for host (cox.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NUDR6SIAF -
I'm also getting my full bandwidth
Thank the bandwidth gods for UTOPIA, a community fiber-optic system. 15Mbit symmetric. I've had LAN's slower than this, and I get a 2ms ping time to XMission's border router. Logged on to counter-strike, and found a few games being hosted at my isp with under 10ms pings. It's amazing what can happen when you get the damn telcos out of the way.
Connection is:: 14320 Kbps about 14.32 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1748 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2006/06/01 - 11:34pm
Bottom Line:: 250X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.59 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 6.956 seconds to complete
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060326 Firefox/1.5.0.3 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-1)
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 85.68 % faster than the average for host (xmission.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QIOGKAJMB -
I'm also getting my full bandwidth
Thank the bandwidth gods for UTOPIA, a community fiber-optic system. 15Mbit symmetric. I've had LAN's slower than this, and I get a 2ms ping time to XMission's border router. Logged on to counter-strike, and found a few games being hosted at my isp with under 10ms pings. It's amazing what can happen when you get the damn telcos out of the way.
Connection is:: 14320 Kbps about 14.32 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1748 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2006/06/01 - 11:34pm
Bottom Line:: 250X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.59 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 6.956 seconds to complete
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060326 Firefox/1.5.0.3 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-1)
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 85.68 % faster than the average for host (xmission.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QIOGKAJMB -
another speed report
comcast in CT gives (no other options where I am): Communications 3.9 megabits per second Storage 472.5 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 2.2 seconds Subjective rating Awesome used http://www.testmy.net/tools/test/d_load.php [testmy.net] and this is with a first generation Airport, last time I checked get about 6 using ethernet
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another crapcast.net stat
:::.. Download Stats
Connection is:: 4964 Kbps about 4.96 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 606 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/06/01 - 8:39pm
Bottom Line:: 87X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.69 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 4.937 seconds to complete
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 98.36 % of your hosts average (comcast.net)
across wireless. with utorrent running. -
Not the case for me!
Jesus Christ! Call Whine 11 or something!
My download speed really is that fast if I am downloading from a good webserver. And even when I'm not, the bandwidth gets used in bittorrent
Sorry you are having problems.... -
Not the case for me!
Jesus Christ! Call Whine 11 or something!
My download speed really is that fast if I am downloading from a good webserver. And even when I'm not, the bandwidth gets used in bittorrent
Sorry you are having problems.... -
Not the case for me!
Jesus Christ! Call Whine 11 or something!
My download speed really is that fast if I am downloading from a good webserver. And even when I'm not, the bandwidth gets used in bittorrent
Sorry you are having problems.... -
Re:Business plan for success...
From here:
Apple's application, filed a year after the iPod was introduced, was rejected July 13. The documents do not identify the iPod by name, a common omission in such petitions. It describes a "portable, pocket-sized multimedia asset player" capable of managing MP3 music files including "a song title, a song artist, a song album, a song length."
Regardless of whether Apple released the iPod before the patent (which they did), Apple failed to secure a patent before Microsoft did. November-ish 2002 would have been too late. Since Apple doesn't own the patent, they still have to pay licensing fees.
Our legal/IP system at work.