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AdBlock Plus Updates Acceptable Ads Policy
AmiMoJo writes: By default the popular AdBlock Plus plug-in allows some "acceptable" ads to be displayed. A blog post announcing updates to policy describes the goals of the update: easier to understand, more robust and more explicit about what is and isn't acceptable. The new criteria are listed on another page, and the option to disable acceptable ads remains.
I don't give a fuck what their justifications are. There are not any ads that are acceptable. That's it. End of story.
I really like this policy. Sites deserve to be able to show ads and make revenue on their content. That is how you get content to stay around and be good. The issue is the terribly intrusive and deceptive ads that suck up bandwidth and annoy everyone. I switched to uBlock Origins a while ago because of the memory AdBlock sucks up, but if they can get that under control I may switch back just for this feature.
"Information wants to be expensive" - Stewart Brand, the same guy who said "Information wants to be free"
I've moved on to uBlock Origin.
Complete list:
End of list.
Sorry, dear advertisers. You poisoned the well. Now please get lost.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
we are trying to safeguard the user experience of Adblock Plus by only allowing nonintrusive ad formats, while enabling content-creators and others to monetize.
Today, we are announcing updates to the Acceptable Ads criteria while keeping the core values.
They sold out plain and simple. Use something like uBlock or one of the forked derivatives of abp.
The *whole* point of this thing was to block ads. Sorry you are asking me to sell my metered bandwidth to pay for your website. I do not feel the return on investment is worth it. Especially since the ad networks are not vetting for trojans.
They sold out for money. Bet it was a considerable sum of it. Sure you can disable it. Also good on them for figuring out a way to make a living from it. But I will not be party to it.
Recent versions of Firefox have come with shitty built in ads, in the form of "sponsored" tiles on its new tab page.
Do these ad blockers remove those ads, too?
Because I sure as fuck won't use Firefox as long as those tile ads are being forced on me.
Fuck, I don't even know if I'd ever go back to Firefox.
I find it incomprehensible that Mozilla would actually think that forcing built in ads on Firefox's users would be a good, and tolerated, idea.
The Firefox developers have made a lot of what-the-fuck decisions lately, but that was above and beyond all of them.
For crying out loud, ad blockers are among the most popular of all of the Firefox extensions!
Whey the hell would the Firefox devs ever think that Firefox users, many of whom use strict ad blockers, would ever want to see ads in the browser itself?!
I mean, seriously! What the fuck were they thinking?!
The fact that you can still easily disable acceptable ads makes ABP a good option going forward. But, I've recently found out about other products that I'd like to hear what experiences others may have had.
Recently, I heard about and started using Privacy Badger form the EFF. I can't tell if it's useful yet, what are your thoughts.
I've also heard that uBlock Origin is superior to ABP and uBlock. Anyone with experience with these?
1) Looks like they now have some rules, but how do they enforce them? Is there an impartial, automatic API that judges whether something is "acceptable" or not, based on the rendering of a page? Is such thing possible to exist? Rule like "distinguishable from all other content" seems arbitrary and is prone to human understanding of "distinguish", "all", "other", and "content". They themselves says that "Unfortunately, it isn't technically possible to recognize ads that meet our Acceptable Ads criteria automatically", which pretty much boils down to "The rules are arbitrary and unenforceable, and we selectively enforce them depending on whether we have an backroom deal with the ad owner."
2) What about the biggest downsides of online ad: malware delivery, privacy invasion, excessive bandwidth consumption, and power waste due to executing scripted ads? The rules says everything about form but little about content.
uBlock Origin is roughly 12 times better than Adblock Plus. It's significantly faster, has less overhead, has a better user interface, and does not whitelist ad sites.
Women laugh at you openly, you specky loser.
Then:
Users: hey can you give us less intrusive and annoying ads
Advertisers: screw you here is your ad
Now:
Advertisers: hey please don't block our ads thanks
Users: screw you
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
Does the adblock team disclose how much money they get from advertisers to allow them through their filters?
Does it block ad comments on /. too?
AdFilter
I feel like I just read an ad. The excessive usage of bold text certainly hints at forced narrative and selective facts, much like an ad.
If the white list feature is provided to any website that complies with above policy and submits a request, free of charge, then why would anyone pay them to whitelist their ads?
The reason I switched to adblock edge and now ublock is because they started making money out of Google and yahoo for whitelisting.
If UBlock did nothing at all, it would still be better than your baublery, because it doesn't come with a crackpot spammer attached to it.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
Does it include blocking third party sites? It's the main reason I block ads - and I'm not using adblocker, but third party site blockers like RequestPolicy and DNS blocking.
I don't mind seeing non-intrusive ads, but I don't like being tracked by third parties.
Sometimes corporations and people don't understand that we need our "safe spaces". Spaces where we can say and do anything without having to deal with the consequences of our actions.
If you don't like that, maybe you should get a college education, so you can debate this on my level. I won't listen to anyone who isn't as intellectually gifted as I am.
I run a website that uses ads. It's called The Geek Pub. I make things and I create videos and articles so that others can do it themselves too.
I also sell detailed plan files on the site for anywhere between $1 and $10 depending on how complicated the project is. This is how I would LIKE to make my revenue. But it doesn't work. I have no choice but to show ads. Why? Because I almost daily find a copy of every plan my site sells on bittorrent or file sharing sites. I've even had people post links to them in the comment section of my own site!
The TRUTH: People want everything for free and they have zero desire to actually support the content creators. They steal our content and post it for the world and then complain about the ads we use to make money. We can't win as content creators.
Mike @ The Geek Pub. Let's Make Stuff!
Why not let the end user decide what level of advertising they wish to accept? Maybe one, ten- second ad per hour that occupies one- eighth of the screen or less would be acceptable to some people whereas others might allow two such ads per hour. Others might wish zero advertising under all conditions. The danger is that advertising will destroy the net much as it destroyed broadcast TV. A 30-minute show, with 8-minutes of advertising, made TV unbearable to the point that people stopped watching broadcast TV and the advertisers became ever more desperate as the number of eyeballs that saw the ads fell.
GFY
So today I thought for shits and giggles I'll browse at -1.
Only 6 incomprehensible psychobable posts by APK.
Only 1 mention of the size of someone's penis.
Very disappointed in Slashdot, this is a poor effort by shitposters everywhere.
Also, when I can't block, skip or hide ads, I *remember* what product was advertised, and by whom, and I make a mental note never to buy that product, and if possible, any other product from that company.
In my area, the local electric power company runs public service announcements related to safety around its power lines and other facilities. Have fun joining the Amish.
An acceptable ad comes from the same domain as to web page. Simple as that.
I don't respond to AC's.
Content providers are perfectly free to paywall their site.
Which means you won't be able to find anything useful from a web search engine anymore once it becomes common practice for sites to put up a $20 per site per year paywall. Or if not ads and not paywalls, how is a site supposed to pay its writers?
Or just buy some freakin ram you derp. What, are you on 4gb in 2015?
That may be true of desktops. But good luck fitting 8 GB into a compact laptop or a convertible laptop/tablet. A lot of such devices can use only the RAM soldered onto the board, and even those that do take SODIMMs likely have a chipset that limits the maximum module capacity.
By basing the business on ad revenue, the business owner has already accepted the manageable risk of some ads not being delivered.
But as the fraction of visitors using an ad blocker increases, this risk becomes less manageable.
Next, please sue the Lynx users for DMCA violation
Let's propose a hypothetical situation in which user agent and resource download analytics showed that 90 percent of your visitors were on Lynx, w3m, or Links. How would you fund a site with that kind of statistics? If through a paywall, then how would you offer access to first-time visitors who found your site through a search engine or a shared link without excessive payment processing fees?
Popups. Why can't it block popups that popup on damn near every page? Or those freekin' slide overs, or those pictures that jiggle until you want to put your face through the monitor?
use the MVP Hosts file.
Does a hosts file protect from any of these?
1. Randomly chosen hostnames with wildcard DNS (e.g. 88ebaef2.adnetwork.example)
2. Ads hosted on same origin as the rest of the site
3. Slowdowns when hitting a blacklisted site as the connection to 0.0.0.0 times out rather than a NXDOMAIN
4. Slowdowns when hitting a site that isn't on the whitelist at the top of the hosts file nor the blacklist that follows it, while the kernel-mode hosts file parser laboriously re-parses the entire multi-million-line file for every resolution
5. Sites that only one user of a shared PC, not its administrator, wants to block
6. Automatically updating the files across a heterogeneous network including Windows (non-Pro), OS X, and GNU/Linux
7. Ads and tracking on Android
8. Ads and tracking on Windows Phone 8/Windows 10 Mobile
9. Ads and tracking on iOS
10. Ads and tracking on game consoles
One thing that can block most of these threats is running a DNS server on your LAN and running your blocklist on that.
Earlier in your list of 16 things, you said hosts files protect against botnets using DNS-level load balancing, also called fast flux or round robin. That sounds reasonable.
But you also said it protects against botnets using a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and stop their communication with command and control. How does this happen efficiently, especially if command and control can generate one of several million domains?
You also said a hosts file protects against spam. How does that happen? Most of the mail routing that a DNS blacklist could block already happened between the message transfer agents (MTAs, aka "relays") that relay the mail and the message delivery agent (MDA) where your mail is stored for retrieval through IMAP. The only possible hit in your hosts file would be when your mail user agent (MUA, aka "mail client") looks up your MDA.
Furthermore, you said it "Works on anything webbound multiplatform." So how do you install a hosts file on Android, Apple iOS, Windows Phone, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, or Wii U? All these devices are known to have web browsers but no end-user write access to the hosts file.
I mean this in the most respectful manner possible.
You produce material that does not generate enough sufficient interest from paying consumers to support its production and distribution. You have therefore accepted remuneration from third-parties in return for providing them access to perform psychological manipulation and subliminal coercion upon anyone who finds your material interesting enough to consume at a market value of zero (as in, free).
Your material has negligible market value. That has no reflection upon you; most art has the same market value but significant social value. That you let those few who appreciate your work be influenced does. Advertising is exceedingly rarely to the benefit of the advertised-to.
I offer this not as criticism of your choice, but food for thought. The starving artist scenario is an age old quandry.
"Oh no... he found the
Not my problem. You want to sell something, find a solution.
The internet was here before commercial interest came. It will be here long after we got rid of them.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Turn off Java when browsing and you will not get any ads. I don't consider ads acceptable if somebody wishes to put something on the web then they can pay for it or fuck off. All these empty websites covered in ads that use hundreds of tags just to get you to trip over their advertising pointless web blog.. If I want something I will pay for it but I will not look at some shit website with misleading tags fuck off. Stick your fucking ads.. Just take a look at Yahoo! dam thing is full of shit. There are loads and loads of ad blockers. Ad blocker plus who needs it? Has anybody ever seen British television commercial television "sky and freeview" they have constant begging advertising every so many minutes talking animals suffering. People dying from cancer malaria smallpox starvation old age the shits. Save this dying cat save this dying dog. Adopt a leopard, adopt a Tiger, rescue this Turkish bear. Sponsor this starving African. Stop these children from drinking dirty water by giving them all your money every year. Don't pay your bills this year give it to the Salvation Army. Listen to this 1 eyed English speaking dog who just needs you to give it money on a regular basis by direct debit. What the fuck is a matter with the United Kingdom! Good grief get a grip.. as bad as Internet ads!
The criteria are all about what the ad looks like... I care more about if its attempting to get around cookie destruction, doing browser history digging, accepting obfuscated JS from malvertisers, etc. It does say it doesn't allow Flash/Shockwave/etc, which is better then nothing, but not really good enough... I'm going to stick with NoScript (and not running adblock).
Fuck off, Gollum.
That just means more sites should be asking for money directly. I don't mind paying for content at all and I do donate/support/subscribe the few sites I care about.
Say sites suddenly switch from taking ads to "asking for money directly." Then you go to your favorite search engine and you see a credit card number field instead of a query field. OK, so you put in your credit card number, pay $20 for a year's subscription, and then do your search. Then every site in the results wants a separate $20 per year subscription because it costs the merchant 35 cents plus 3.5% for a credit card transaction. Micropayments still haven't been figured out.
uBlock Origin is roughly 12 times better than Adblock Plus. It's significantly faster, has less overhead, has a better user interface, and does not whitelist ad sites.
I have no idea why everyone keeps saying this. I disabled ABP and tried uBlock instead but suddenly started seeing ads that I'd never seen before. I went back to ABP and those ads were gone again. I'm trying hard to wrap my mind around the difference between my experience with uBlock and what the uBlock Evangelists keep saying and I can't.
I mean this in the most respectful manner possible.
Your material has negligible market value.
Um.. It apparently has enough value for people to bother copying it and sharing it with others. If it wasn't of value they wouldn't bother. DING, try again.
In my experience, a lot of YouTube videos with unskippable preroll ads are videos containing non-free music. Would you prefer that videos whose uploader or copyright claimant demands unskippable ads be removed from YouTube entirely?
I pay $12/year for hosting
From which hosting provider? Does it allow Python, or is it just for static files? Does it offer HTTPS, either through Let's Encrypt or through bringing my own certificate? And how do you pay your writers?
1. Hosts will block any host-domain name placed into them as blocked
2. Ads hosted on same origin as the rest of the site DO NOT PAY (which is why you don't see a lot of that - advertisers rightfully don't trust webmasters on clickview counts & I don't blame them)
3. 95++% of the time users will be using their favorites @ the TOP of hosts (for fastest possible local ram cached kernelmode accessed speed of resolution)
4. I never intend to get to what's blocked SO if I have to parse hosts in RAM (fast in kernelmode) it's fast.
5. Admins can centrally easy migrate hosts across a LAN via scripts (login or taskscheduled/chronjob work)
6. See #5 just above
7. Android & ADB's pull command can migrate hosts to a rooted phone
8. Same deal as #7, but I don't know what MS uses for a tool for that
9. Same deal as #7, but I don't know what Apple uses for a tool for that
10. If those have a hosts file then hosts can do all I said...
* You're REALLY "reaching" & desperate tepples... lol!
(Especially considering SOMEONE is TRYING TO VAINLY "HIDE" THIS POST last time I posted it with a bogus unjustifiable downmod -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... which only tells me I am, as usual, "right as rain"... lol!)
APK
P.S.=> And, there ya are... apk
I was a long time user of Adblock plus for several years. Now, just recently I discovered Ublock origin which runs faster, uses less cpu and memory in the major browsers, and guess what, it can use adblock plus filters as well as host files.
They have found a solution, it's called ads.
And if you're seriously going to compare the web of the early 90s to that of today, you're a raving lunatic and there's no point in discussing anything with you.
Not my problem.
Slashdot's continued existence is a problem for your continued access to the Opportunist (166417) account.
The internet was here before commercial interest came.
Before the Internet was commercialized, it was available only in universities. Only students and faculty had access. Once the advertisement-driven Internet dries up, are you willing to go back for your master's or Ph.D. in order to continue using the Internet?
"psychological manipulation and subliminal coercion"
You come across as a 12 year old who found a thesaurus, nobody talks like that.
Also, you are completely wrong in your base assertion that it's worth nothing. Obviously his content is worth enough to put it up on pirate sites and for the effort to try to find it. If it was worth nothing, then people wouldn't go to the trouble of pirating it. Instead, it's more likely he's simply charging too much for it. But at the same time, it's also possible that it is worth what he charges for it and people are just dicks.
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
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Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
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Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
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Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
"You pay us enough money"
Can APK suck huge cocks?
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
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UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Please, for the love of fucking God - Go. The. Fuck. Away.
One post is enough. But having to scroll through pages upon of pages to see REAL content is annoying me. What you are effectively doing is creating ads; the very same we all want to block with tools and/or hosts files!, -- way to go. You've become the slimy advertisement person.
Please go shoot yourself after you get through jerking off to pictures of nude children on a beach.
I've decided to write a chrome/firefox plugin that will block ALL posts by APK, as I see this is advertisement and should be blocked thusly.
If you agree, please join the cause. It would make the web (and slashdot) much better.
Btw, apk, I've seen your app and it's a piece of crap. You truly don't know what you're doing when it comes to coding. It looks like you copy/pasted a bunch of snippets you found on google and then stop a bunch of people's block lists. That makes you a script kiddie
1. Hosts will block any host-domain name placed into them as blocked
this works on my DNS resolver, what about your HOSTS file?
(it blocks slashdot.org and tech.slashdot.org etc)
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
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UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Advertising exists primarily for one and only one reason. Commodities.
When a vendor offers a product or service indistinguishable from that of other vendors, he must find a way to make it *seem* special and to justify your purchasing it from him.
Apple, Tesla, Prada, Google, Rolex, Nordstrom, Nike, Facebook, and the Red Cross / Red Crescent offer relatively unique products / services and are themselves respected for that. The burden is on competitors to identify some way that their product is superior. Thus advertising, branding, intellectual property and often irresponsible claims. These famous companies continue to advertise in an inoffensive way not so much to sell you a product but to promote their reputation and the pride you'll have as an owner of their product.
Those are all premium brands & products. When you sell consumer level products at a low price point the problem escalates. How can Dell compete with HP selling nearly identical China made computers? Primarily advertising and hype. How does Chevy compete with Ford? Hype. There used to be a quasi-religious fervor among consumers who favored one or the other. Look at those industries who advertise the most and you will see commodity products and services that are difficult to distinguish. Mattresses. Insurance. Dental services. Investment advisers. Fast food ...
The solution could be an informed consumer. If everyone subscribed to something like 'Consumer Reports', where they could get honest, researched comparisons of products and services, then that would immensely deflate the hype benefit for advertisers. They would be compelled to offer factual information about how their product compares to competitors'--something the consumer advocate overlooked, new features, etc.
Currently there are ways to be informed about most commitments- whether for products, housing, schools, investments, or underwear for the kids. Not everyone has easy access to this information. Not everyone is motivated to seek it. But if and when they do, advertising will change dramatically for the better.
...omphaloskepsis often...
Can PrivacyBadger do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
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. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on PrivacyBadger doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> PrivacyBadger does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
PrivacyBadger's Adblock+ codebase 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
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ClarityRay sees it by dumping addons used via native browser methods!
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PrivacyBadger adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Quit bogusly downmodding him he'll quit running you trolls dry of your downmodpoints. Prove him wrong instead. You can't. Don't worry. Adblock will continue paying you for trolling apk and failing.
When it was banner I never blocked any. But now it is not anymore static banner but scripts executable for which thee can never be any guarantee. I will never ever allow ads which can execute stuff on my PC ever again.
C. Sagan : A demon haunted world:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345409469/
visit randi.org
Kaminsky redirect poisoning - 99.999% of ISP DNS aren't patched vs. it.
Open DNS resolvers (not OpenDNS) get exploited by malware A LOT!
Rogue DNS servers are DNS exploit (even in routers not just system IP stack settings).
* Using hosts w/ fav sites you hardcode in 'em YOU AVOID ALL THOSE DNS SECURITY ISSUES ABOVE easily & IT RESOLVES FAR FASTER THAN CALLING TO REMOTE DNS SERVERS (especially exploited or downed ones noted (dns goes down a LOT)).
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Hosts combined w/ OpenDNS compliment one other.
I don't resolve 'every host-domain there is' via hosts, only my favs @ top of hosts (20 of 'em beating indexing past 2++ million records).
It's where ANYONE spends MOST OF THEIR TIME online - & it's faster + more efficient vs. calling to remote DNS servers.
Placement of favs thus, for FAST RESOLUTION from memory locally (hosts cache like any file) additionally saves CPU cycles, RAM, + I/O turning off a slower usermode clientside DNS cache service instead opting for the kernelmode diskcache (no context switch overhead to the IP stack either this way).
The rest of my hosts files' entries are 3,782,195++ blocked entries vs. malware & ads of many kinds.
I use REMOTE FILTERING DNS SERVERS blocking out malicious sites/servers/hosts-domains via DNS blocking (not locally here as a separate redundant wasteful recursive server or a service/daemon).
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OpenDNS:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
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It LIGHTENS remote DNS loads - admins of 'em should like it! Especially since DNS goes down a LOT!
How do I make my hosts (& do reverse dns pings for FAV sites for faster, more reliable, & safer connections)?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
With much easier understood & edited data vs. DNS rules by far.
APK
P.S.=> Locally setup DNS eats more cpu, RAM, & I/O needlessly (hosts do the job w/ less complexity + room for exploit, actually COMPLIMENTING remote dns) & MORE ELECTRICAL POWER (especially if setup as a separate machine)... apk
Bogusly? That's precisely what the down mod system is for, mind you.
I've never down modded him, personally, because they make little difference on him. But down mods are designed to get rid of scum like him. He's a SPAMMER and needs to be treated as a SPAMMER. I cannot fathom why some of you actually put up with his dumb ass.
Spammer? Then so are all almostalladsblocked 'fans' (sockpuppet trolls). Prove apk wrong. You can't. Downmods don't cut it and show you're ineffectual against apk like adblock is inferior to hosts.
Looks like APK himself now; "Prove him wrong" -- A famous tag line.
Spamming is spamming is spamming. Go away, shill.
I want them gone. Yes. They're a revenue stream, but I'm prepared to pay to not have them.
I put up with adverts getting worse and worse then five months ago installed blockers on all the family and extended family browsers, not just for annoyance value (Sure it's part of it) .. but also getting things trying to run flash exploits in iFrames ...
I'm just over it, and I'm prepared to pay to avoid it. Seriously.
Goodbye Abp, it's been five months of not too bad service.I don't agree with your "acceptable ad" policy.
A person shitting in someone else's (unwilling) mouth is of more worth to the world than you, apk. Fuck off with your fucking spamming. Preferably to a different planet.
my criteria is, hand crafted HTML, full text, seamlessly woven into the page. Like on this page the slashdot deal for those training. Now that's acceptable.
"No complaints from me, I like APK's spam. Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free." - by aaaaaaargh! (1150173) on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:31AM (#50947415)
"his hosts program is actually pretty good" - by xenotransplant (4179011) on Monday August 10, 2015 @03:34PM (#50287195)
"I like your host file system." - by Karmashock (2415832) on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:57PM (#50489401)
"APK is kinda right... I've given up on JS based adblocking and gone to blackholing in /etc/hosts, just like it was back in the 90s. The computational load has gotten intolerable for any ad-blocking using JS. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works." - by bmo (77928) on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:30AM (#50736071)
"Actually, APK is totally right on this count. Adblock Plus on Firefox mobile is a dog on older, or lower end, phones. A hostfile based adblocker makes for a much better experience in this context. Of course, your phone has to be rooted, which isn't the case with Firefox + adblock." - by chihowa (366380) on Saturday May 16, 2015 @11:40AM (#49705641)
"his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources" by alexgieg (948359) on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:57AM (#50596461)
"APK isn't wrong" - by cfalcon (779563) on Sunday October 04, 2015 @05:11PM (#50657891)
"In a footnote, I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable." - by vel-ex-tech (4337079) on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:27PM (#50999097)
APK
P.S.=> The above has you outnumbered, outthought, outsmarted & just plain OUTED troll (lol) - couple that w/ the fact you trolls can't validly technically prove my points on hosts wrong too? Please, lmao - make us all laugh some more @ YOU... apk
Hahahahaha funny how he's right and you can't validly technically prove him wrong so jokes on you. You're a joke offtopic troll.
Your relentless spamming has convinced me- convinced me to never ever try or buy your product. Never.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
I don't know this particular site, but just a generic comment. Sometimes the price is more than just the dollar amount, it is the time and effort to go through the process. Click, click, fill out this, accept this agreement, double check to make sure you aren't "opting in" to an unwanted mailing list, and so on. Or, just paste magnet link and wait. This is a big issue for me with various entertainment providers. Sure, I might prefer to pay some small amount to watch Game of Thrones, but the price is too high when I have to go sign up for their service at $2.99 a month, get their advertising emails even though I didn't opt in, support yet another clunky and antiquated browser plugin, and more. Ugh. Yeah, the price is a lot more than the dollar amount.
This posting is provided 'AS IS' without warranty of any kind, implied or otherwise.
"I mean this in the most respectful manner possible. Your material has negligible market value."
I'm sorry. Respectfully, I call bullshit. If my content is worth someone's time to put it on a file sharing site, it is worth 99 cents.
Mike @ The Geek Pub. Let's Make Stuff!
I knew this was awkward because I really didn't intend to insult you. What you're replying to is the least important part of my point. Thing is, stuff is worth what people are willing to pay for it. If nobody's* willing to pay for it, well, there you go.
Piracy isn't your problem. Not really. Because most/many/some people are absolutely willing to pay for stuff even if it's available pirated, because we see monetary value in what the producer has made. That a think is downloaded off a pirate site doesn't represent a lost sale.
*For fuzzy values of nobody.
"Oh no... he found the
I spent about three days trying to get APK Hosts to work. I downloaded the file, consulted the tutorials, read the not-so-fine manual, and came up bupkiss.
So I downloaded a hosts file from Someone Who Cares and did it myself.
[End Of Line]
ABP, privacy badger, HTTPS, ghostery and other plugins are not protecting you from etag tracking. As far as I know, your only option is to browse full time in private mode and to prevent the browser from caching stuff, which makes the browsing experience awful.
There's limited stuff to be done with etag tracking. It's not as bad as, say, Google Analytics. But it can be used to track your visits without you knowing and identify you as a unique visitor across many visits to a website (or domain), especially if it's done right. You won't see a "tracker.js" or "1x1.gif" coming from a weird domain like you can see with shitty ads or spam. When it's done right, etag tracking comes from valid content like the CSS file or the company logo, and since it's requested by the browser as it parses HTML, the HTTP referer is passed along with the request even over HTTPS.
lucm, indeed.
Try offering it for a penny, as an experiment. I think you'll still find that people will refuse to pay a penny, and it won't be because it's too much for them and it won't be because they don't think your product is worth a penny -- it's just that paying is complicated, dangerous, non-anonymous, and not even available to some (eg children). In fact, odds are less people will buy your file for a penny than for a dollar.
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
LOL, hosts files. How quaint.
I block shit at my router. That way all computers connected to the network get protected simultaneously, without having to configure each individual one.
Kinda bored so I tried your HOSTS file engine (x64 version), couple things from trying it out
when I pick normal CPU priority in your program, it keeps resetting to realtime when I change tabs or click a button within a tab (annoying)
Takes a damn long time (more then 10 mins) to process the validity test on an FX 8350 (only uses a single core)
would be a quicker way to remove dupes
Also I messed up my example, it should be
See subject: & your /. peers disagree with you (quoted) proving you're just as newly born sockpuppet troll:
"No complaints from me, I like APK's spam. Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free." - by aaaaaaargh! (1150173) on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:31AM (#50947415)
"his hosts program is actually pretty good" - by xenotransplant (4179011) on Monday August 10, 2015 @03:34PM (#50287195)
"I like your host file system." - by Karmashock (2415832) on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:57PM (#50489401)
"APK is kinda right... I've given up on JS based adblocking and gone to blackholing in /etc/hosts, just like it was back in the 90s. The computational load has gotten intolerable for any ad-blocking using JS. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works." - by bmo (77928) on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:30AM (#50736071)
"Actually, APK is totally right on this count. Adblock Plus on Firefox mobile is a dog on older, or lower end, phones. A hostfile based adblocker makes for a much better experience in this context. Of course, your phone has to be rooted, which isn't the case with Firefox + adblock." - by chihowa (366380) on Saturday May 16, 2015 @11:40AM (#49705641)
"his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources" by alexgieg (948359) on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:57AM (#50596461)
"APK isn't wrong" - by cfalcon (779563) on Sunday October 04, 2015 @05:11PM (#50657891)
"In a footnote, I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable." - by vel-ex-tech (4337079) on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:27PM (#50999097)
APK
P.S.=> Now, what's that you said, troll? See my subject - lol, MAN: Talk about a HUGE FAIL on YOUR end, lmao... apk
Hosts will block any host-domain name placed into them as blocked
Until you get a bad actor with 4.2 billion hostnames as subdomains.
advertisers rightfully don't trust webmasters on clickview counts
That's a good point. It'd be even better if you could cite some sources.
95++% of the time users will be using their favorites @ the TOP of hosts
But what about those other 5 percent?
I never intend to get to what's blocked SO if I have to parse hosts in RAM (fast in kernelmode) it's fast.
Crunching through 120 MB of data byte by byte (4 million entries times about 30 bytes per entry) for each resolution isn't exactly fast, no matter whether it's in kernel mode or in user mode. If kernels used a Bloom filter, it'd be different, as each query would hit only about 20 bytes at once.
Android & ADB's pull command can migrate hosts to a rooted phone
Which doesn't help if you won't or can't root.
Deduplication's 1 thing (that's fast) but Convert & Filter takes time.
It protects vs. false positives + things that ought not be blocked (antivirus, antispyware, security sites, search engines, & far more - over 7,200 of them in fact) - your method won't have that using other's tools (by default).
* When I go into sort/deduplicate/convert & filter I 'step up' the CPU on it due to what's in my subject-line above (it's an expensive operation on CPU & the longest part of my program's runtime).
Your 1st run is one of your longest:
It's what gets you your "base/foundation" dataset which you build on. Hosts.NU for example? No longer updated but covers a LOT of the past in bad sites/botnets/adservers... you don't need to haul that in more than 1 time for example.
The others of the 10 my program imports DO update & their data is MUCH SMALLER than the older discontinued one I noted (hasn't updated since 2012) - your filtering is shorter (until you reach that size again later IF you build the file up over time - not all folks do) after that.
There's 2 ways to look @ this program & its data:
1.) Opt for long-term COMPLETE protection over time (building data ontop of every set you've ever built, this is what I do & have 3,838,915++ entries since 1997 in fact)
OR
2.) You can load up ONLY CURRENT DATA (which is, after all, the MOST important vs. current threats rampaging out there now) - this latter method makes tinier datasets by FAR, especially over time.
Kind of like how antivirus has "high power" heuristics settings (even looking for OLDER threats) OR "normal mode" which only scans vs. more current/recent threats.
APK
P.S.=> What you put up on DNS is moot after this http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Hosts get you past security, speed, power consumption & complexity issues locally setup @ home DNS servers introduce (not necessary for small lans/not good enough "ROI" vs. what's expended vs. hosts)... apk
vs. DGA as long as you enter what they use blocked in hosts it works.
If there are 1000++ possibilities of what they're likely to use next, you have to add all 1000++ to hosts. That can add up.
Vs. SPAM [...] I personally go thru junkmails myself viewing their source to determine the payload site
So it blocks the payload, not the spam itself. Thanks for clarifying.
Turn off Java when browsing and you will not get any ads.
I haven't seen a Java applet in months, and I still get ads. ECMAScript and Java are unrelated. And there are plenty of web applications that are broken when ECMAScript is turned off because they rely so heavily on AJAX.
assssssspergers. Holy fuck.
There are a plenty of feelies that a cartoonist can sell, such as printed books, T-shirts, or stuffed toys of the characters. My cousin owns a few Garfield books, I own three Nodwick books and Cracked's The De-Textbook, and I've sent for a stuffed rabbit from Sarah's Scribbles. Even without feelies, there are plenty of electronic bonuses that a cartoonist can give to subscribers, such as the carrot of high DPI viewing, the carrot of formatting an entire month for binge reading on an e-reader, or the stick of putting free readers on a time delay. Even the TV series Sesame Street is moving to that, with a 9-month delay before new episodes hit PBS.
Define internet?
The largest strongly-connected set of computer networks using IPv4 or IPv6. BBSes aren't Internet because they don't use Internet Protocol, though some (especially the big ones like AOL) offered e-mail gateways to other BBSes through the Internet.
Anything you don't like in hosts is easy to snip out with my program (if it gets by my 7,200++ long item false positive filter) or with notepad even!
As to a source? Ok - someone who posted IN FAVOR OF ADVERTISING ONLINE (Lauren Weinstein technologist who submits articles here a lot -> "majority of users are never going to change the ad blocker settings" - http://lauren.vortex.com/archi... PROOF THE ADMEN KNOW IT! right there...)
The other RARE 5% (if that) you perform remote DNS lookups if they're not in my favorites (or yours) @ the TOP of hosts for best resolution speed cached in RAM.
It's plenty fast - SO FAST OTHERS @ SUPERUSER.COM EVEN NOTICED IT:
AdBlock's SLOWER vs. HOSTS http://superuser.com/questions...
WANT IT TO BE FASTER? RAISE HOSTS PRIORITY THIS WAY:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider]
"Class"=dword:00000008
"DnsPriority"=dword:00000006
"HostsPriority"=dword:00000005
"LocalPriority"=dword:00000007
"Name"="TCP/IP"
"NetbtPriority"=dword:00000008
As far as "rooted" phones? That's up to the user to get one then...
I don't DEAL with 'smartphones' (they're actually DUMBPHONES due to all the exploits occurring on them for oh, a decade++ now... lol!) - IF I did?? You'd see me building apps for them (in either JAVA or Delphi).
APK
P.S.=> Anyhow - "There ya go" (yet again), Mr. Tepples... apk
Apk caught you flat footed when he said his program imports and uses the data you yourself use. Classic and hilarious!
See subject: I can easily put out @ least 50 instances of routers being hijacked in various ways (dns anyone, for one?) you sure you trust them?
* I don't - not alone...
"Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" IS the surest method & best thing we have going now...
APK
P.S.=> I use a stateful packet inspecting firewall router myself (& a filtering vs. threats DNS too) + software firewalls, hosts, AND OS + App patching (I practically wrote the book on this for Windows users -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%... ) - it works... apk
See subject: There's NO perceptible slowup (adblocking + hardcoded favs save TONS MORE TIME vs. cached parse). I'm the same speed I was with a few 1,000 with MILLIONS in the mix here now in my hosts file!
* :)
(It works, & I pointed out a way to increase hosts priority as well in my other rebuttal to you here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... where I did INDEED PROVIDE YOU A VALID SOURCE to what you asked for... lol, "ask, & ye SHALL receive" from apk (always)).
Outlook.com/Hotmail.com's email SPAM filters are excellent man & if you've NEVER tried them? Do... it's rare to even have 1 'sneak past' of many 1,000's!
(Besides, the MOST DANGEROUS THING in spam IS the malicious payloads - so thus, I concentrate on that, & my sources DO PROVIDE blocking data for spam too as I proved upon request (like always, lol - see paragraphs above for more)).
APK
P.S.=> And yet still again? "There ya go", Mr. Tepples... apk
Your material has negligible market value. That has no reflection upon you; most art has the same market value but significant social value. That you let those few who appreciate your work be influenced does. Advertising is exceedingly rarely to the benefit of the advertised-to.
Hold up. The only reason that his site has no "market value" is because the content can be copied and distributed against the author's wishes. Under that rationale, any digital content has no "market value" as it can invariably be copied. This argument would apply to any software, training materials, e-books, sheet music, etc.
So are you arguing that digital content should not hold a market value? Or are you arguing that the producers should try to lock down their content (which we know isn't effective) in order to create market value?
Patreon might be a better fit for you. Matters less if people pirate your work, as they are paying to encourage more of it rather than for something.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
100% agree with this. It is surprising in this day and age, with the race to the bottom mentality, that people are still surprised about this. While it is very laudable what the gp is doing, he/she should not confuse a hobby with an enterprise. The days of making it rich or even making a self-sustainable living posting stuff on a website are over. If big companies are complaining about lack of revenue (ads or otherwise) what chance do you think a one-person shop has? I dont think anything a single person will rise to the level of must-pay or must-see-ads.
Enjoy your hobby and by all means publish, just dont expect it to be your day job.
To discourage dust spam, the Bitcoin network currently requires the sender to include a "tip" of 0.0001 BTC for a miner who processes a transaction smaller than 0.01 BTC. At the current exchange rate, that transaction fee equals about 4.3 cents for any transaction smaller than $4.31, which is a lot less than what the credit card networks charge but still eats into the feasibility of a pay-per-page scheme. And how easy is it for a first-time Bitcoin user to find a trustworthy exchange and online wallet?
a lot of mp3 sites have no DRM anymore, and amazingly enough there are still sales. If what you said was true there would be exactly one sale for each new song/album and no more sales.
Obviously SOME digital content has value enough that people are willing to pay for it even if it is digital, and even if it has no DRM. THIS case unfortunately is not such an example.
Ok, you go break into an OpenBSD system and show me how you did it, then I'll believe you.
hosts can't block apk's ads. So there's a big flaw right there.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
I'll consider your hosts file when it can block your spam too!
In what universe is the Red Cross still respected or respectable? At least, when considering the despicably greedy American Red Cross?
(Do your own research, no I'm not providing links, but start with ProPublica or Hurricane Sandy as search terms to use with Red Cross.)
Block their ads. And give your donation dollars to groups that actually deliver services, not fundraising hype, empty promises, and bloated executive salaries.
The TRUTH ? We are your customers, not your benefactors. We are under no obligation to do more than to show you common curtesy and pay for the stuff we're buying. Period.
You also concoct a story where you try to vilify anyone using an adblocker, by claiming that that is exactly what those people stealing your content are doing. So if we block your ads we must be thieves too, right ?
A very unhealthy attitude towards your (prospective) customers ...
As for your "People want everything for free" ? You expect/demand from us to pay you (by looking at and/or clicking the ads) without us receiving anything for it. Thats a stealing/"for free" attitude from your side. Pot, meet kettle ?
But, you probably "made that right" by your above vilification, allowing you to treat us badly "too".
Than you claim you really need those advertisement placements to supplement your income. Well, as a quick google shows the CPC seems to be around a cent, you need a lot of pageviews to make any worthwhile dough. Just 100 dollars a month would mean, with a CPC of 1 cent and 4 ads per page, you need over 78 pageviews a day, every day.
With a niche market like yours I imagine you may be lucky to reach a fraction of it ...
But for those 4 cents each visitor brings you per visit you bluntly ignore that:
1) lots of those visitors find ads obnoxious.
2) ads can really cut into metered access.
3) ads are most often used to track people.
4) ads are regulary used as the carriers of malware.
You no doubt also deny any responsibility for point #4, or if you grudgingly/unwillingly/reluctantly do, you are definitily not home for the costs related to cleaning up a visitors computer from such malware.
In short: you demand us, your visitors, to just "suck it up" (no pun intended) while also paying for the retrieval of it*, as well as accepting all the costs for when it goes wrong, while all you do is reap the (rather meager) rewards.
*which, as an insult-to-injury, can easily outweigh your profits.
And you do not understand at all why those pushed-into-our-faces ads are disliked ? Really ?
Bottom line: You, as a website owner, disrespect us, your visitors/customers, in quite a number of ways, even insulting us along the way. Most of us took it because we did not realize how it worked, and when we did had no idea how to defend ourselves from it. Now we, the larger public (start to) do.
.
As for your website ? I really hope you can find a way to keep it afloat, as I do like seeing people doing innovative stuff like you seem to be doing.
But do yourself a favour, and loose the idea that we owe you free money. It makes you the web-equivalent of a beggar-with-an-attitude.
As a single data point, I'll tell you why I don't buy your plan files. Your site is basically just a bunch of DIY projects. I can well imagine these are fun to do. If you were a friend of mine, or if we were talking in the pub, I could listen for hours to your stories about every little setback and success you experienced. To me, you are a complete stranger, but maybe to your fans you aren't.
If I wanted to do any of your projects... let me rephrase that, some of the things you have done, I have also done... when I want to do a fun project, I do it for fun. And coming up with the idea, planning it all out, and completing it is fun. What would I gain from a plan file? It hardly saves any labour since DIY projects simply aren't rocket science (not even the one with the bottle) and it takes part of the fun away.
I has always been hard to make a living telling DIY stories in the pub. The internet may have made it slightly easier, but only slightly so.
That a think is downloaded off a pirate site doesn't represent a lost sale.
One download is not one lost sale, but a couple dozen downloads can easily be equivalent to 1-2 lost sales. Especially when the downloaders now learn that the stuff is available on some sharing site, instead of knowing where to download the (paid for) original.
If APK's hosts file could block APK's ads, I would use it.
I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
You create ware as good as apk's we'll believe YOU. You haven't. You're not worth believing. You give nothing to believe in.
If nitehawk214 could make a ware as good as apk's I'd use it. Only problem is nitehawk214's an unskilled trolling "ne'er-do-well" instead.
Something should block trolls like you that are nothing more than jealous unskilled "ne'er-do-wells" that can't create squat.
If anyone's Gollum here it's you lurking in the unidentifiable ac troll shadows, loser. Admit it: You wish you were apk.
No he doesn't but you wish he did. Go away. Apk's not looking for a date. Least of all a homosexual one projecting as you are.
You have serious issues. Apk != homosexual. You apparently are. Wrong door. Go someplace else and find a date, ok?
See subject: APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
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FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home + fixes DNS' many security issues & it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have - firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
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It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
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SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
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All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
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MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) 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...
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It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Another http://www.isthisfilesafe.com/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
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* "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
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"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" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
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UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
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Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
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Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
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Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
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It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
You might be right, but my experience tells a different story. I sell LOTS of plan files, every day to lots of very nice people. I also provide some limited technical support to the people who buy them. What you might not be aware of is the number of school children who watch my videos and do my projects as part of a classroom exercise. I get emails from teachers regularly who thank me for what I am doing to help them teach children. Not everyone who does my projects are skilled like me and you.
Mike @ The Geek Pub. Let's Make Stuff!
You might be surprised to learn that there was an internet for several decades before the advertisers showed up
Was it possible to get Internet access at home back then? I was under the impression that before advertisers showed up, the Internet was available on university campuses, and that was about it.
At least in the early 1980s, I had dial-up internet at my house (not my parents basement; they lived an ocean away). Lousy 1200bps modem, but it worked. Then I got a 2400bps modem with MNP5, and the internet was even better. Don't exactly recall my email address at the time, but it had some ! characters in it, and ended with lsuc.ca.
Mumble mumble get off my lawn, whippersnapper!
"his hosts program is actually pretty good" - by xenotransplant (4179011) on Monday August 10, 2015 @03:34PM (#50287195)
"I like your host file system." - by Karmashock (2415832) on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:57PM (#50489401)
"APK is kinda right... I've given up on JS based adblocking and gone to blackholing in /etc/hosts, just like it was back in the 90s. The computational load has gotten intolerable for any ad-blocking using JS. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works." - by bmo (77928) on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:30AM (#50736071)
"Actually, APK is totally right on this count. Adblock Plus on Firefox mobile is a dog on older, or lower end, phones. A hostfile based adblocker makes for a much better experience in this context. Of course, your phone has to be rooted, which isn't the case with Firefox + adblock." - by chihowa (366380) on Saturday May 16, 2015 @11:40AM (#49705641)
"his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources" by alexgieg (948359) on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:57AM (#50596461)
"In a footnote, I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable." - by vel-ex-tech (4337079) on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:27PM (#50999097) Sunday October 04, 2015 @05:11PM (#50657891)
* See subject & the above quotes: It appears you're OUTNUMBERED, OUTTHOUGHT, OUTSMARTED & just plain OUTED by your own /. peers quoted saying something QUITE DIFFERENT vs. your butthurt bs!
APK
P.S.=>
"Btw, apk, I've seen your app and it's a piece of crap. You truly don't know what you're doing when it comes to coding" - by bioteq (809524) on Sunday December 20, 2015 @03:46PM (#51155225)
Let's see a bigmouth "ne'er-do-well" troll like YOU do better... ok? Never going to happen - lol & you KNOW it!
... apk
"In a footnote, I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable." -
No complaints from me, I like APK's spam. Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free. - by aaaaaaargh! (1150173) on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:31AM (#50947415)
No complaints from me, I like APK's spam. Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free - by aaaaaaargh! (1150173) on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:31AM (#50947415)
Still nothing in the "acceptable ads policy" forbidding tracking cookies, scripts, and other malware-like behavior. ABP still irrelevant.
Why? Didn't I already state that I use OpenBSD? Why would I need to reinvent that wheel? I haven't made any unbelievable claims. I use an OpenBSD router and do all of my blocking there. Anyone literate with even an inkling of desire can do that.
You're sitting here claiming you can break into all routers, including my OpenBSD router. Of course you're full of crap. I just called you on it and now you're trying to pull a reverse. Sorry, but the burden of proof is solely on you and your claim that you can break into all routers.
As a side note, you might want to stop referring to yourself in the third person. As a native English speaker, it sounds strange.
See subject: Show me where I said that - I said the opposite http://slashdot.org/comments.p... as I help secure (& speed up) folks online.
(You're the one who challenged me to break into YOURS idiot - either you're illiterate, or just a fucking troll loser! I go with the latter, lol...)
* CLUE: PUTTING WORDS INTO OTHERS MOUTHS THEY NEVER SAID != GOOD DEBATE TECHNIQUE... - you FAIL it.
APK
P.S.=> I think what was directed YOUR way was did you make a program anyone can see & use (+ recommend as good as Malwarebytes' hpHosts has for me hosting it as well AND that your fellow /.'ers even like too) - where's yours? IT'S NOT & you surely didn't create OpenBSD either... apk
Until advertisers commit to NOT invade personal privacy, there ARE no acceptable ads. I am all for funding the Internet through advertising revenue, it was a model that worked well for television and with suitable modifications works well for the Internet. But it is an established FACT that people will not make the moral choice when money is involved and that goes double for advertising executives.
It's hard to get viewers to "want to buy" a year's subscription just for one article found through a search engine or through a link shared by a friend. And even if viewers were willing to pay per page, it's hard to charge what viewers are willing to pay because of transaction fees. Bitcoin's transaction fee of 0.0001 BTC (currently 0.043 USD) is less than that of credit cards, but it's still significant compared to, say, 10 cents to read an article.
Well then why not just say, "Early 1990s Internet?"
Because by then it had opened up to commercial entities, which means to advertising.
a video stream (a poor stream but a stream regardless)
Virtually nobody would be willing to pay to watch a feature film over a stream that poor, I'm guessing. This means YouTube, Hulu, Netflix streaming, and Amazon streaming would not be possible over "Early 1990s Internet". Even Netflix's mail service would have failed because postage would have been too high for VHS. One thing that helped increase investment in Internet infrastructure to the point where people could stream standard-definition video at home was commercial involvement, which means advertising.
I had fiber at the office early on, for example.
Which is in fact where Cyber Monday came from. It began when a lot of people had Internet access only on breaks at work.
Most of it is noise. Some is not. You appear to be willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Or what am I missing?
Then who funds the operation of the sites through which you 'inform yourself'?
Sales. Amazon and similar sites that sell products provide information and often, independent reviews.
That's one way. But which "similar sites" host independent reviews for products that are self-sold, as opposed to being sold through Amazon? Is it like Angie's List where people need to pay to view the reviews? Or are you just unwilling to buy any product if it isn't sold through a middleman that also hosts independent reviews?
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
"Yes, I have produced a useful tool. It's fully customized for my personal need (which is now complete), and can be trivially adjusted" - by Sigma 7 (266129) on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:32AM (#51157093)
See subject & back it up with proof - not hotair windbag bs, ok?
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"This would be an intercepting proxy server - even if it slows things down" - by Sigma 7 (266129) on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:32AM (#51157093)
Funny - hosts SPEED YOU UP instead (+ secure you better, & make connections more reliable AND give you more anonymity too!)
* :)
Yes, yes - Let's illogically & STUPIDLY "Bolt on 'MoAr'" & slow down too, vs. speeding yourself up using what you already have natively... lol!
(Gotta LOVE you blowhard talkers... lol, you make me laugh!)
APK
P.S.=> Sigma7's "phantasyland software inc." that SLOWS YOU DOWN - of course, 1st he has to actually PROVE he has it & that HE WROTE IT - not just biting off "Open SORES" code that someone else built OR using stackexchange to write it for him, lol... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apkâ"
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
Perhaps I wasn't explicit enough in my previous post. Once it becomes common to have to "use the other two [o]r look further down the query list", use of search engines will become significantly more time-consuming than it is today.
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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http://www.networkworld.com/ne..." ADD_DATE="1314658631" LAST_VISITED="0">Cisco routers caused major outage in Japan report - Network World
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2..." ADD_DATE="1449501567" LAST_VISITED="0">Lock up your top-of-racks, says Cisco, theres a bug in the USB code â The Register
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APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.c...
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https://threatpost.com/exploit...
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http://news.com.com/Bug+expose...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009...
* STILL BELIEVE routers = best security alone?
APK
P.S.=> So much for your faith in routers alone stupid (225 in total, 15 posts with 15 items each)... apk
See subject: I do the opposite via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
It gives you more security, speed, reliability + anonymity online for less!
(more cpu servicing in kernelmode vs. usermode addons, less complexity, room for breakdown & exploit + less moving parts, stupidly "Bolting on 'MoAr'" vs. using what you already natively have that is solid with 46++ or so years of SOLID development & refinement poured into it (the IP stack itself & hosts which is part of it, operating even CLOSER to it than firewalls (which need a filtering driver added))).
* :)
NOW, I supplied TONS OF INSTANCES where routers & firewalls have been pierced in the last 3-5 yrs now easily in this exchange (titled Routers alone = shit (here's proof #x/15)) that shut you up easily, lol! ... & IF I wanted to bust into one?
It'd only be a matter of time for me (+ effort of course - you have to KNOW the particulars of hardware you're trying to 'bust into' & same with networks etc.- et al)... but again - I don't DO that crap! I help stop it, see above...
Plus, if you *THINK* about it?
Ever notice I can post unlimitedly here on /., even as an AC (they have 10 post a day limits)??
IF I want to get something done, I do... lol!
APK
P.S.=> Fact: You WISH you were me! Why'd you try downmod hide this when I posted it before here http://slashdot.org/comments.p... ? Truth hurt?? Yes, lol... apk
See subject: Here-> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... & noone ever validly technically proves me wrong in my hosts posts to users of inferior redundant bloated crippled addons.
(Just off topic trolling bs from newly created sockpuppet accounts like yours OR trolling by ac (since it's obviously someone both downmodding my posts unjustifiably AND one I've blown away on those very points favoring hosts before obviously)).
* No single browser addons does more (for less NO less) for more speed, security, reliability, & anonymity online... fact!
(When users of inferior redundant souled-out to advertisers crippled by default addons? I do to, informing them of a FAR superior overall solution that you have already natively...)
REPOST vs. UNJUSTIFIABLE DOWNMOD LAST TIME I POSTED IT HERE http://slashdot.org/comments.p... (which PROVES you can't prove me validly technically wrong!).
APK
P.S.=> You trolls can shoot your mouths off all day vs. truths & facts I put out favoring hosts - it's all just HOT WINDBAG AIR, nothing more... lol!
... apk
See subject: APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
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FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home + fixes DNS' many security issues & it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have - firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
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It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
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SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
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All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
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MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) 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...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Another http://www.isthisfilesafe.com/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
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* "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
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"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" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
The TRUTH: People want everything for free and they have zero desire to actually support the content creators. They steal our content and post it for the world and then complain about the ads we use to make money. We can't win as content creators.
Propaganda. I spend easily 1k USD in a typical year on content, mostly instructional videos for my various hobbies. I download nothing from pirate torrent sites. If I want music, I buy the CD once it becomes available used, or directly from the artist. Same with books. I buy the few pieces of specialized software I need and don't have time to write myself.
The reality is, some people will support content, others won't. Some people with content are sociopaths and abuse the public, and some members of the public are also sociopaths and abuse the content providers.
It's been that way for a long, long time. Go back to early US history and you'll find much the same issues with respect to copyright. People made the same complaints back then that you're making now.
You, like many owners of content - past and present - are making the assumption that the sociopaths would otherwise be paying you if they were forced to, that you would be making lots of money if it wasn't for things like torrents and ad-blockers and so forth. That's a fantasy. The sociopaths are always going to look for something easy, something cheap, they're not really part of your potential market.
Many people who are rich like to claim it's because they are better than others. That's a myth, and they're delusional. Making money is as much about being in the right place in the right time as it is anything else. Not everybody can be Bill Gates, who wasn't any better or smarter or harder working or more capable than millions of other people, he was just in the right time at the right place.
Most people will end up producing content that the non-sociopaths aren't willing to support to a high level, because there's a lot of other equivalent content out there. Not necessarily equivalent in terms of features, but equivalent in terms of the long term goals of the individual. These content providers aren't going to get rich, not because of the people stealing, but instead because they aren't producing the right content at the right time for the rest of the public.
Fastfluxing defeated = 1 of hosts best attributes in what it protects vs. in botnets & vs. DGA as long as you enter what they use blocked in hosts it works.
Vs. SPAM it's really easy:
It's done for users already - MANY OF THE 10 reputable sources in the security community supply that data (e.g.-> broken out into individual categories @ Malwarebytes' hpHosts-> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
I personally go thru junkmails myself viewing their source to determine the payload site (the sender's usually spoofed & changes, but the actual malicious payloads sites rarely do - this is what to block to protect users & one's self).
On "smartphones" (lol, toys imo): I covered that here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... (which I MUST BE RIGHT ABOUT, as per my usual lol since someone tried to "hide" that with bogus unjustifiable downmods TWICE NOW vs. validly proving my points wrong (impossible to do, truth & facts are like that) where I countered your 10 "so-called 'points'", point-by-so-called 'point' of yours...
APK
P.S.=> And, there ya are (again) - you're REALLY "reaching" tepples... apk
That still isn't true.
You seem to be implying that anything on a torrent site is worthless, because nobody pays anything for it. On the other hand, if it doesn't have any value, nobody will put it on a torrent and nobody will download it. There seems to be a disconnect here.
"When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
grow up and get a dildo.
Then let me try again: Without the opportunity presented by advertising-supported publication, how likely is it that companies would have built out infrastructure to bring tens or hundreds of Mbps to the home?
The community donation model works well.
No it doesn't. A cursory search (Google donations vs advertising) turned up Ask HN: How much do you earn with donations vs. ads?, containing an anecdote that someone is earning 20,000% (200 times) more from ads than from donations.
See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
---
FREE, not 'souled-out' to advertisers + adds speed, security & reliability. Does FAR more w/ FAR less more efficiently vs. redundant browser addons & local DNS servers @ home + fixes DNS' many security issues & it stops a LOT of tracking @ webpage + DNS levels via 1 file you NATIVELY have - firewalls do the rest (on less used IP address trackers vs. host-domain name type).
---
It obtains data vs. threats & for adblocking from 10 reputable security community sites!
---
SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocks + local RAM cached favorite sites @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed vs. remote DNS (aids reliability)) vs. other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOWING YOU!
---
All that via something you natively have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR'" that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overheads!
---
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified it's source as safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) 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...
&
It's safe proven by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
Its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
Another http://www.isthisfilesafe.com/...
Its installer too -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
---
* "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
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
"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" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THE WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject & "Rinse, Lather, + Repeat"-> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... or are you illiterate?
* Additionally: As far as depending on routers only on your end? You're a fool!
(As I put up 225++ examples from reputable sources of WHY NOT TO!)
APK
P.S.=> You're being deliberately obtuse, but it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know why - you failed & you KNOW it... apk
You also run behavior trackers on your network. No sympathy. I block all your stuff.
Why, yes, yes it can.
Then let me try again: Without the opportunity presented by advertising-supported publication, how likely is it that companies would have built out infrastructure to bring tens or hundreds of Mbps to the home?
It doesn't matter, it is done.
One can enjoy acres of land in New York due to the subjugation of Native Americans, it doesn't mean that subjugation was right, or that we should continue subjugating peoples to this day in an attempt to reap the benefits. It also doesn't mean I'd begrudge that guy his land or his happiness to enjoy it in 2015.
How does UBlock defend against DNS issues apk noted? It doesn't. How does ublock speed up your favorite sites as hosts do? It doesn't. How does ublock function for any web bound application? It doesn't. How does ublock function against C&C servers to stop them being communicated to by malware agents botnets use on victim PCs? It doesn't. Ublock rulesets are much harder for end users to work with. Most can't understand regular expressions. Hosts aren't detectable by clarityray as addons are too. You're a troll and full of it.
How did newspapers get people to pay for centuries before the internet?
By taking cash payments. The drawback is that cash works only in person.
I know I read a troll. Your excess use of evasion in being unable to prove apk wrong in his points on hosts for your lack of facts, much like an a troll who can't win does.
I use apk's program. I never see ads on slashdot or other websites because of it.
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
That's the best ya got vs. apk's points backed by reputable sources? You fail shitter. Badly. You can't prove apk wrong!
So you're saying you can't validly technically prove apk wrong on his posts favoring native to your system ip stack already there more efficient kernelmode faster hosts files that do far more for far less than redundant usermode slower resource hogging messagepassing overheads bloating addons?
See subject about bans + this about spam "No complaints from me, I like APK's spam. Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free." - by aaaaaaargh! (1150173) on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:31AM (#50947415)
You are but puny slaves to your javascript and cookies in bannable chains you wear that you put on yourselves.
Not APK though.
Not APK
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
See subject & "Even Dr. Manhattan can't be everywhere @ once" - & I never said hosts "cure all" (nothing does), I state hosts do far more for FAR less resources consumed as well as faster (due to operations in kernelmode vs. usermode)...
* :)
I've always been a "work with what you have already & make the best of it" type of person!
By using hosts files + my application to take full advantage of it in both hardcoded favorite sites (speed & reliability gain is big) + blocked threats (security) & ads (huge speedboost, so big, it even offsets misses that go to remote DNS) online?
You get more speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity online by taking advantage of an already present & highly refined ring 0/rpl 0 driver in the ip stack with ~ 1/2 century of refinement in it! All that in 1 easy controlled box locally?? I say "yes" to that.
(Seemed to fit the idea I noted I live by - so I went with it: "It works" (quoting Tony Stark from the film Iron Man on that one, lol...)).
APK
P.S.=> Using hosts is just plain flat-out doing more w/ less vs. illogically stupidly "Bolting on 'MoAr'" that's slower & more complex no less that's redundant in the presence of hosts + inefficient & doesn't DO AS MUCH by a longshot!
(What I'm doing is considered GOOD engineering, & it works (almost minus any limits as you said - especially when combined with firewalls which don't even operate as close to the IP stack as hosts does (part of it is why) - they need another layer in a filtering driver actually))... apk
Can adblock+/ublock do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
LOL. What the hell are you ranting about? I don't demand anything. If you want to visit my site, great, if not great. That's your choice, not mine. I can't make you do anything, and even if I could I don't want. to.
Some answers:
1. Malware... I only use google adsense. Google's network is not full of malware. Yes some people use shady ad nets, I don't.
2. Yes, I do believe people like you want everything for free. I bet you also pirate movies, and make up some excuse about how sucky all the platforms are, so you'd just rather steal them.
Mike @ The Geek Pub. Let's Make Stuff!
If that's the solution then don't whine when people block your ads.
Can ghostery do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C server talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C server talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C server talk
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 dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu + memory use vs. addons
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on Ghostery doing all or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Addons do FAR less than hosts do & FAR less efficiently - hosts 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...
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Addons add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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ClarityRay defeats addons like Ghostery via native browser methods.
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Better than ghostery by FAR = APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
GUARANTEED safe & clean per 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
So is its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
As an ad blocker user, and science-loving geek I feel such a hypocrite that the herd immunity that anti-vaxxers are abusing is so similar to the reason that I can block ads and still enjoy the free content that is on the web "bought" by advertisers. Or maybe the irony is that my ad blocker is actually my vaccine from the malware on the web?
Can PrivacyBadger do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
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. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on PrivacyBadger doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> PrivacyBadger does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
PrivacyBadger's Adblock+ codebase 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
+
ClarityRay sees it by dumping addons used via native browser methods!
+
PrivacyBadger adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
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ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
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Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
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Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
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Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Dude, chill out with the copy-paste
lucm, indeed.
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
No, I do expect that some piracy does represent lost sales. It's just - unsurprisingly - a complicated topic. At the high-demand end, with popular, commercially-valuable end, it's most obvious but still complicated. Meaning, take a hypothetical perfect BluRay rip of the new Star Wars movie, and make that available Day 1. Sure, it's certain some people who would have gone to the theater to see it will not, because they can watch it in their homes. On the other hand, there will be a number of people who pirate it and decide it was worth the big-screen experience and go to the theater to re-watch, because of the pirated copy. How the numbers break down is unclear and unknowable.
Down in the lower-demand segment, where the audience is in the dozens of people, it gets harder to judge what would've been, could've been, should've been.
Frankly - and I know I'm stirring up a bag of worms here - I believe patronage is the (currently best) answer. Things like Kickstarter allow fans who wish to support a thing to do so. Creators get the support they need (or not, if the project doesn't fund). The product gets made, the backers get theirs, and frankly, if a backer leaks the product (say a PDF) and nobody else ever pays for a copy, well, kind of so be it. The patrons (a.k.a. people willing to pay) have paid. The leeches who pirate it after... likely wouldn't've or could'nt've. I'd personally prefer the creative people I've backed focus on the next wonderful product that I will pay them to create instead of spending any time hand-wringing because someone out there has a copy without having paid for it.
How that fits into your project I don't know. But the easiest way to tell the difference between a paying customer and a non-paying customer is that the paying ones give you money. Focus on them.
"Oh no... he found the
So you're saying you can't pay someone unless you are standing in front of them?
I can't pay someone ten cents without standing in front of them.
See subject: ... browser addon users being duped as they are vs. hosts superiority on most all, if not all, fronts possible!
There's certain things NOTHING can stop like BGP exploits, but when you combine hosts with firewalls (operate on IP addresses in Windows, not host-domain names) since hosts operate on host-domain names? You have good protection - couple that w/ App patching + OS security-hardening & patching?? Even better - the best: "Layered-Security/Defense-in-Depth!"
* :)
(It's not that easy being this damn good you know - truly, "world-class"... I have the burden of perfection on me, lol!)
APK
P.S.=> Quoting Ozymandias from the film "The Watchmen" now: "Even Dr. Manhattan can't be everywhere @ once..." & neither can I, or hosts files (nothing by itself does it all) - however, I've only always told the truth that hosts do far more for FAR less resources consumed & more efficiently giving users more speed, security, reliability, + anonymity from 1 single file that operates with far less messagepassing overheads in kernelmode vs. slower usermode...!
... apk
See subject: From reputable sources - I inform accurately & completely to those using inferior redundant slower wasteful usermode browser addons vs. hosts in kernelmode that does far more for giving users more speed, security, reliability, + anonymity from 1 single file you already have that is natively part of the IP stack itself...
* :)
(It's something for you all to consider as a more powerful & more efficient alternate...)
APK
P.S.=> "Onwards & UPWARDS..."
... apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do 4 speed, security & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. bad sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoning
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get past dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing (adblock & hardcoded favs)
14.) Works on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) EZ data control
16.) Block ads better vs. addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less vs. hosts less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN operation (as 1st resolver).
---
Ab+'s a 128-151mb memory hog http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts use 3-11mb w/ my program initially). Even FireFox 41 adblock eats 65++mb http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons via native browser methods!
---
Ab+'s bribed not to work by default http://www.businessinsider.com... & ABP bought out adblock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
---
Ab+ adds complexity in slower usermode (w/ more messagepassing overhead + context switch vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
AdBlock's SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions...
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's safe per 57 antivirus programs in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
a 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
& Installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
Can ublock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C talk
3.) Protect vs. dyndns botnets + stop C&C talk
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C talk
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (4 reliability)
6.) Protect vs. poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get by dns blocks
12.) Keep off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded favs
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data control
16.) Block ads better than addons more efficiently
* ANSWER ="NO" to each on UBlock doing it as well or @ all + hosts = on devices natively.
APK
P.S.=> UBlock does less vs. hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver):
Ublock's NOT as efficient:
Hosts @ 3mb-11mb w/ current data vs. threats + ads - test yourself.
UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
SCREENSHOT -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
---
ClarityRay defeats it seeing addons used via native browser methods!
---
UBlock adds complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slow mode of operation (usermode = more messagepassing overhead vs. hosts in kernelmode).
---
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee who verified its source is safe http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... ) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Its installer -> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
... apk
Your response is thoroughly off topic.
If "world-class" means you don't listen to potential customers and beat them over the head with a spammy stream of tripe, then I really don't want any part of it.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Hosts do the same for less resources in TOTAL moving parts & are native to your system minus my subject line.
* :)
(Tepples, "KISS" is a solid principle & I believe that working w/ what you have NATIVELY in pure kernelmode as I do it is the BEST way - & I've shown it vs. addons, dns, routers, & now you folks are reaching for proxies... ok, fine! I can do that one too, see above!)
APK
P.S.=> "Less is MORE = GOOD ENGINEERING" tepples... they disappear/go out of business? You're screwed, hosts don't... apk
See subject, look them up - they nullify Adblock variants, ublock, ghostery (but afaik not hosts - can't: Not inside browser) & clarityray works USING Native Browser methods to detect + BLOCK addons users.
APK
P.S.=> You're doing me HUGE favors tepples & you seem to be a truth seeker... like what you see so far on hosts? Oh, I think so, considering you started a site to "PROVE APK WRONG" which is helping me bigtime & I thank you for it actually... apk
Hosts will block any host-domain name placed into them as blocked
Not if something uses 4 billion subdomains. Your current hosts file blocks about one-thousandth of that figure.
I never intend to get to what's blocked
I was referring to the case when you access something you know isn't blocked but isn't one of your favorites either. Does the registry hack you mentioned elsewhere fix that?
Admins can centrally easy migrate hosts across a LAN via scripts (login or taskscheduled/chronjob work)
I was referring to multiple users of one computer. Say I have a roommate who uses Facebook on her user account, but I want to block all access to Facebook, including tracking through its Like button script, while I'm logged in to my user account. With browser extensions, I could have it block fbcdn.net and facebook.com only for browser processes run under my user account. Is that a job for login scripts?