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Firefox's Optional Tracking Protection Reduces Load Time For News Sites By 44%
An anonymous reader writes: Former Mozilla software engineer Monica Chew and Computer Science researcher Georgios Kontaxis recently released a paper (PDF) that examines Firefox's optional Tracking Protection feature. The duo found that with Tracking Protection enabled, the Alexa top 200 news sites saw a 67.5 percent reduction in the number of HTTP cookies set. Furthermore, performance benefits included a 44 percent median reduction in page load time and 39 percent reduction in data usage.
...for their own previously-announced in-house tracking feature to take the lead in dragging down website load times.
I worked in e-commerce once. Our client had fifteen tracking pixels in the final page of the checkout process! It added a good 10 ~ 20 seconds to that page. That was on top of all the Adobe Omniture garbage.
I refused to pulled crazy triple shifts after I the Thanksgiving break and was let go. I was so glad. It was totally not worth it and unemployment felt awesome after all that rubbish.
Also, fuck TOMS shoes!
...but I already have Ghostery for that, so it doesn't offset the news about ads in the default home page.
Can I block Google analytics and its brethren using the hosts file?
I (think) I have Facebook blocked, but Google manages to evade simply domain blocks somehow and Adblock plus is simply a front company that sells the right to place adverts in front of its users.
http://www.neowin.net/news/report-google-paying-adblock-plus-to-not-block-google039s-ads
So I have a healthy suspicion of adblocking apps that send your surfing data to their company.
Add adblocking on top of that and you will double those numbers.
The advertising industry is ruining the internet.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
RequestPolicy
Wow slashdot now loads faster!
I'm going to call complete bullshit on this.
Because disabling 3rd party cookies and setting cookies to "ask before setting" will probably also have the same effect, because once you hit a site you've said "no" to, you never get asked again.
This is saying "our awesome tracking protection is faster than promiscuously accepting all cookies and running scripts".
The slowness comes from letting 3rd party tracking sites set cookies and run scripts ... which modern browsers seem to treat as the default, or letting any crap set cookies or run scripts.
Their tracking protection isn't magic, it's just blocking crap. Some of which can be blocked by default anyway.
And it's a setting which Mozilla backed down on enabling by default because advertisers whined at them.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Sure, blocking all the cookies, trackers, ads, etc can speed things up. Nice to see it actually quantified.
Though out of curiosity, do multiple cookie blockers, anti-trackers, ad blockers slow thing back down? ie - (if) I'm running Privacy Badger, Ghostery, Random Agent Spoofer, Ad Block Plus, Better Privacy, Self-Destructing Cookies, etc, obviously there is some overlap between these add-ons. Do all these overlaps slow things down and if so, is there an 'optimal' or 'minimal' set of add-ons which covers all key privacy issues?
I totally agree that page performance is suffering from all the tracking and ads placed on web sites. What's even more important is how this also slows performance even more on weaker hardware such as those notebooks with Celeron and Atom based CPU's. I have not been a big fan of ad blocking extensions or limiting tracking significantly. But when you see figures like this that it is affecting performance that much. I think its understandable why this has become far more of a problem then merely a annoyance. I think web sites will have to address performance vs ads and tracking or risk losing visitors and customers due to a performance issue. People these days, don't put up with slow loading pages.
Disconnect is currently blocking Taboola, Google, Ooyala, and comScore. ScriptSafe identifies 6 domains OTHER than a.fsdn.com attempting to load scripts on this page. None of them are needed. I especially like that I can block those shitty video submission blocks from /. on the occasion a mod has a stroke and thinks anyone wants video playing at the top of the page ever.
I've already switched to Pale Moon, in part because Pale Moon loads sites much faster. I also benefit from reduced CPU usage, from about 60% to about 15%. Memory usage has also dropped, although less dramatically than CPU usage.
HELLO FIREFOX!! You started life being the leanest, meanest, most efficient browser in the world! It's time to get back to your roots!
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
I had to look this up. For anyone else wondering: this is one of those hidden FIrefox features which is only available to people who know about it ahead of time, through the about:config interface. If you're one of those people who isn't in the club, the boolean you search for is "privacy.trackingprotection.enabled".
[Insert rant about FIrefox's god-awful UI and severely lacking menu system.]
If you block "player.ooyala.com", the page loads much faster. Turns out I'm blocking some analytic tracking thing.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Well, Wikipedia seems to work pretty fine without commercial ads (they do some fundraising sometime). And Open Streetmap seems to do fine, as are the plethora of services built upon it. Sometimes NGO:s and individuals do stuff and share it just because they want it done. Finding sponsorship or donations for the hosting fees are a minor problem then.
I thought news sites render slowly because they load videos clips (via plugins) and banner advertisements.
Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
No.
We are not part of the ad-servers "business plan" in any way whatsoever -- other than to be "obligated" to digest whatever advertisements are produced and pushed upon us (and lets not talk about the more nefarious stuff hiding inside it) -- , so think of (another) way to make money yourself.
As for that "plausible" ? How are we supposed to know what you think is ? So, either define the boundaries, or tell us what you are so we can look at it from your perspective : a small website owner, as website-as-a-buisiness exploiter or maybe just an ad-seller ?
How can we ? You have not specified the boundaries, so we have no idea (yeah, right ...) why you would reject something like that.
Can we ? Really ?!
Than the first thing I want to see the finances of that "content creator", like how much the website actually costs and how much the ads bring in.
You see, I'm sick-and-tired of hearing some random joe complain about how his customers robbing him of much-needed cash -- just to pay the basic cost of running the website oufcourse -- but at the same time refusing to show anything to substanciate it.
And than there is the fact that most of those complaining joes will at the same time do absolutily nothing to put a stop to it. And yes, they can. There are several technical solutions for it. But they don't. Why ?
Also, when are those website owners going to "look (at) it from the perspective of the" visitor ?
Those ads cost a lot of money to them. Ranging from needing (much) more bandwidth and/or MBytes-per-month upto the cost for a specialist to get rid of some malware that crept in thru that channel.
And thats ofcourse apart from the problem that the visitor has gor no idea what is done with the (extra) info that is gained from placing those ads (privacy and all that).
In short: You want to keep (making money from) placing those ads ? Than make sure you do not alienate the people who should be looking at them. As long as you can't do that (for whatever reason) you will loose the game.
Evolve or die.
See subject & this: APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit: http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues!
* :)
(By "yours truly"... accept NO substitutes!)
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"
...apk
Now, someone somewhere pays for that 100/100 connection.
It costs me all of 43 euro per month, and has no limits on capacity or ports or otherwise; that's the standard contract here. We use it for accessing web pages at various sites, including banking and shopping (cookies destroyed and cache cleared immediately afterwards). The web server is just an extra. Like the mail server and media server and file server.
It all just happens to be your hobby.
And that's precisely the point. This is the way the internet is supposed to work.
Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
I use several anti tracking plugins and I've noticed that when I switch to a different browser without them the page load time is much faster. I also have googled safe surf turned on which blocks evil sites. In starting to think these tracking blockers and stuff slow things down. They don't really stop tracking since the blockers or google safe surf are middlemen who can track you.
Thus I would welcome a unified approach to protecting myself that was actually faster
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
"I had to use my hosts file! I blocked "player.ooyala.com" and Slashdot loads much faster now. it was getting to be a real dog." - Journal by fustakrakich on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @03:08PM
See subject & this: APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit: http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues!
* :)
(By "yours truly"... accept NO substitutes!)
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"
...apk
Can ghostery or adblock & its variants do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock & its variants do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can ABP/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-16 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (like stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on ABP/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
APK
P.S.=> BOTH do less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (their employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can UBlock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on UBlock doing it as well or at all!
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
See subject & for less resources consumed + less "moving part" for breakdown OR exploitation:
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit:
http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues!
Local hosts files consume less power vs. DNS!
Especially vs. LOCALLY installed DNS servers (especially on a separate machine but less on same single system but still there) & they definitely consume more CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O needlessly + add complexity of setup + deny tables are MORE COMPLEX to write than simple hosts blocking entries are by far...
HOWEVER:
Hosts, when combined w/ a filtering REMOTE DNS, such as OpenDNS (patched vs. the Kaminsky redirect flaw, 99.999% of ISP DNS aren't + OpenDNS filters threats), hosts & remote DNS compliment one another like 'bread & butter' do!
Using my program shown below, one can place their favorite websites they spend MOST of their time online @ the TOP of a custom hosts file which caches into RAM (for me, that's like 95++% locally queried FASTER from hosts with no remote query-turnaround timelag OR risk of redirection poisonings), & resolves as FAST as possible (since hosts are the 1st thing queried by the IP stack by default).
BONUS for DNS admins: Hosts lighten up the request load, making the server work less, thus less chance for breakdown + power consumption too!
* :)
(By "yours truly"... Accept NO substitutes & ENJOY!)
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"
...apk
See subject: Just like the TRUE "The LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081010142651AAPvMox with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.
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* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> INSERT MY POST HERE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR BULLSHIT
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
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For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/17-software-packages-in-a-repair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
See subject: Just like the TRUE "The LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081010142651AAPvMox with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use...
---
* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7460853&cid=49769025
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
---
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/17-software-packages-in-a-repair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
UI problem here is wrong. They want you to be tracked because this is like the fiasco for DNT: all major browser makers are commercial. What Mozilla is really saying is that the feature is not believed mature enough for GUI presence, but they can sunset it anytime...Removing an option comes first by sweeping it under the rug before letting the code be pruned. The google and yahoo search overlords will get plenty of time to "fix this new feature
The code has been altered to suit a different vision, and they no longer even try to recompile new FF versions. Pale Moon is a complete break with Firefox
So while I work for Mozilla, I don't dislike Pale Moon in any way. Forking is a natural part of open source and it should be! :)
I'm not going to discuss good/bad about forking we all know about innovation vs. fragmentation, etc... Instead I want to objectively highlight one of the things that makes forking hard: build/test infrastructure.
But as someone who works on Mozilla build/test automation infrastructure, I wonder how Pale Moon plans to keep the unit tests green. The infrastructure is very complicated with many platforms, tests and fragile performance tests. To give you an idea take a look at: https://treeherder.mozilla.org... it displays pushes, platforms builds and tests (even understanding it is non-trivial).
This is not to bash Pale Moon, or to claim that they can succeed. I'm merely trying to say that forking a complex project requires a huge support staff even with all automation scripts, configuration and source code licensed appropriately, duplication test infrastructure is very hard.
Given that their commit rate is lower Pale Moon probably doesn't need as much infrastructure, but keeping tests green will still be a huge effort.
This is IMO sad, it's not in the open source spirit to make things hard to fork. But I also know that we have efforts in progress to modernize our infrastructure and make it easier to redeploy (but it'll probably be a long time before this is easy).
Would you say the same thing if a man were fired from his job and effectively blackballed for supporting gay rights?
Such a person would not have been jailed for what he said or believed, and would have had the right to say it, but not have been shielded from the consequences of his speech. Same thing, except that your side of the political spectrum has passed laws making it illegal to fire the pervert (so much for free speech). You MAY think this is great and that you are on the right side of history, but that's never a certain thing. Take a good long look at history. Many people who thought they had achieved a permanent cultural/political change were later proven wrong. The better, safer, and more intellectually honest thing is to favor all free speech and allow everybody to believe what they want ind interact with those they wish to interact with, forcing no views or actions on anybody... it's called freedom.
Every time somebody complains about Obama's foreign policy, he cleverly fires back that the alternative is WAR, falsely positioning all his opponents as wanting war by implying there are only two options. Same thing going on here with internet ads. When people oppose sluggish page loads and intrusive, spying ads the advertisers respond with: well SOMEBODY has to pay for all those web sites (with the implication that the web would go dark without completely advertising techniques.
The truth is that before the web, NO advertiser had the sorts of metrics and user spying that the web has spoiled advertisers into having but that did not stop entire ad-driven industries from arising. With radio, television, newspapers, magazines, billboards, etc the advertisers spent their money on ads WITHOUT getting click counts, tracking every person who saw the ad, attaching spy devices to the viewers and then snooping on them to see every other ad they looked at and every other thing they chose to read. Has anybody here seen "Mad Men"???? For those too young to remember first-hand, that series was a good reminder that advertisers actually used to make ads that could not be clicked and carried no scripts or cookies.
This Obama-style "Accept my bad behavior, or we are all doomed" argument is a false choice designed to coax people into accepting behaviors and/or policies that are inferior to other (unmentioned but superior) policies.
hmmmm. Ok. Most people on Slashdot support open source, which is BASED on the concept that other people can use the code for other projects, even if they are just forks.
I'm always fascinated by people who support "free speech" ... until it offends THEM, or "free code"... until it affects some project THEY like.
Think about it.
See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081010142651AAPvMox with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.
---
* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7460853&cid=49769923
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
---
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/17-software-packages-in-a-repair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed, unable to validly technically prove all of my points in favor of hosts wrong & being reduced to unjustifiable downmods - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.
---
* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> INSERT MY POST HERE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR BULLSHIT
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
---
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.
---
* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> INSERT MY POST HERE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR BULLSHIT
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
---
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.
---
* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
---
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
Can adblock variants or ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (beyond malicious ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communique to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you by a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on any webbound app (e.g. stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on AdBlock or Ghostery doing all that let alone well!
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery doing it as well or at all!
APK
P.S.=> Ghostery does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Ghostery adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
See subject: Just like the TRUE "LORD of Hosts" https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... with rank after rank of protective power I can summon @ a word: Hosts!
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" via custom hosts files use.
---
* "And the world wondered after the beast saying 'Who is like unto the beast, & who is able to make war with him'?" - Revelations Chapter 13 verse 3-4
I'm not "that guy" (far FROM it) but, it's certain no "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" & its variants, Ghostery, & other easily detected by native browser methods browser addons or even DNS servers locally installed fans can after this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
1 thing's also SURE on that note (to unjustified downmods of my posts): It's been YOUR "APKOLYPSE" (misspelling & pun DEFINITELY intended after the above + the fact that's "the best you got" & nothing more, period: lol!)...
---
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> You have TRULY, massively failed since all you had was unjustifiable downmods, yet not validly technically proving all of my points in favor of hosts adding more speed, security, reliability + anonymity (for less, no less), wrong - So, Thank-You (for making ME look GREAT & yourself by way of comparison? LMAO - well... "not so great")
... apk
Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
APK
P.S.=> AdBlock does FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... & ABP too http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...
AdBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
There's 9 more hosts file sources possible via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit SR-2 http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 that you can use vs. more ads & exploits online.
It uses all 10 reputable sites for said data (including MVPS) + allows you to select ONLY the ones you see fit to use should you elect to not use all of them.
It also succeeds in shearing out ANY & ALL useless "bulk" in said hosts files it imports + it makes a host file more efficient by making the blocking address the most efficient one possible making hosts files BETTER THAN THEY ARE by default - even gaining you MORE speed & reliability + security by "hardcoding" your favorite websites you spend most of your time online at placing them @ the TOP of a custom hosts file for fastest possible access, especially once hosts are cached into RAM (exceeding remote DNS lookup slowness + indexing speed & their redirect security faults since most are NOT PATCHED vs. the Kaminsky redirect flaw + gaining you reliable connections if DNS goes "down" & they do, quite a lot).
That's done simply by decreasing the hosts file's size & line-by-line internal parse speed during the file open/read-write/flush/close I/O cycle (changing said blocking IP address from the larger slower 127.0.0.1 loopback adapter address) & smaller files load into memory faster...
Even Microsoft's VP of their Client Performance Division conceded that to me-> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1467692&cid=30384918 back in 2009 since it's undeniable fact.
APK
P.S.=> MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts + recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/17-software-packages-in-a-repair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/
... apk
Malware warning, don't try APK Host File Engine.
Untrue. MalwareBytes' hpHost site hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... they're the best in the business as far as malware detection from the test in July 2014 that apk put up as evidence of that also. You're just being a troll, go away!
I heard editing your hosts file is a good way to get viruses.
Don't pay attention. It's basically just trolls pretending to be outraged just because mozilla decided to give the option to end users to use a 3rd party binary plug-in to handle DRM decryption in HTML5 videos.
(you know, the same way Flash, Java, Silverlight, etc. had always been plug-ins too. Except that DRM is much more restricted in what it can do, as it runs in a sand box that only allows it to work as a decryption filter).
"Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
My app gets its data from 10 reputable & reliable sites in the security community (such as MVPS, SomeOneWhoCare & MalwareBytes' hpHosts (who have vetted my program for safety & host + recommend it @ the top of their site for data of that nature here-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... )).
APK
P.S.=> Per my subject above? My reaction is THAT, since the ONLY way that'd happen is if you inserted a malicious site into it yourself manually... or if you suck in a malware that does it like QHosts as an example!
However:
My program protects hosts vs. malicious things doing it since it updates from FRESH data (every 12 hours automatically IF you wish, more if you do it manually yourself) & overwrites your host with the MOST current data regarding threats online from the reputable sources I noted some 'samples thereof' above... & my program applies Read-Only attributes to your actual hosts file every 1/2 second on a hi-res timer (better than exclusively locking the file which WOULD be another way, but some browsers use hosts too, not just the IP stack)) while my program is resident + when it shuts down - Windows File Protection & UAC do the rest for securing hosts pretty well ontop of that, so you know... apk
See subject & this: APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. browser addons & locally installed DNS servers @ home + fixes DNS' redirect security issues - obtaining its data vs. online threats & adbanner blocking from 10 reputable sites in the security community!
* :)
(By "yours truly"... accept NO substitutes!)
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"
...apk
I read the paper and it is ok (nothing groundbreaking) on the technical side. But I was shocked to see broad conclusion of political or economic nature that were not supported by any argumentation in the paper.
In particular, the first sentence of the conclusion: "The Internet’s principal revenue model leads to misaligned incentives between users, advertisers, and content providers, essentially creating a race to the bottom."
I guess we'll just take your opinion for it.
These comments are mine; I do not speak for my employer.
See subject: By MalwareBytes' hpHosts (who vetted it for safety & host + recommend it @ the top of their site for data for custom hosts files, here-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... ).
* It doesn't GET any better than that since they are literally the BEST antimalware on the planet per a very recent testing of them all, & I've got their validation on its safety!
(Nothing can touch it, or me (least of all a TROLL like yourself spouting falsehoods/fables...)).
My app also gets its data from 10 reputable sites in the security community (such as MVPS, SomeOneWhoCares & MalwareBytes & they ARE TRULY the BEST antivirus per that July 2014 recent test of them all -> http://www.av-test.org/en/news... ).
Lastly - Learn to read, or get "hooked on phonics" remedial reading lessons help... lol!
APK
P.S.=> Judging by your 7-digit brand-new /. account (sockpuppet) & your previous FAILED attempt @ "making me look bad" here in this article's exchanges once already -> http://news.slashdot.org/comme... ?
It's VERY obvious you're just some troll that I've no doubt utterly wasted before, using a new 'sockpuppet' account, since you most likely repeatedly vainly & effetely flailed against facts I post in favor of hosts efficacy + efficiency gains over browser addons galore & failed!
That, OR you're a malware maker, advertiser, or INFERIOR competitor... take your pick (they're the only ones threatened by it after all).
(Especially since no single one really does MORE & for less than hosts, which unlike OTHER "so-called 'security solutions', actually gains you speed, vs. stealing it)...
... apk
See subject: Using OpenDNS on a network that has a directory service like Active Directory CAN be "problematic" so, that advice is NOT for Network Admins in companies... It can mess up MX records, so that Exchange + Outlook will NOT function correctly, as 1 possible symptom of it.
APK
P.S.=> I've run into it before, but my previous advice is FINE for local systems @ home (not on a LAN or much less a corporate WAN etc. - et al), especially 'stand-alone' SINGLE systems MOST folks have vs. home networks on AD... apk
See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/... APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/... = 100% verified SAFE & CLEAN...
* :)
(VirusTotal proves it, above & beyond MalwareBytes' hpHosts doing so as well -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... in my last post that SHUT YOU DOWN, easily...)
APK
P.S.=> You FAIL, moron - & of course, I'll use this in the future vs. your utter b.s. (from your newly created sockpuppet account for trolling me, BOULDIN)... apk