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Vice: Internet Freedom Is Actively Dissolving In America (vice.com)
An anonymous reader points out Vice's rather dark view of the state of Internet freedom, the author of which posits that "one fact about the internet is quickly becoming clear this year: Americans' freedom to access the open internet is rapidly dissolving." As evidence, the writer points out negative trends in broadband adoption, legal moves to weaken encryption, industry consolidation that means fewer competitors in some areas, increasing use of data caps, and increasing reliance by many (especially poorer) Americans on mobile phones as their only internet-connected devices. (On the other hand, it's worth pointing out that there are now free encryption-centric apps for voice and text communication that give ordinary people privacy options, and both unlocked phones and inexpensive data plans are far closer to the American norm than they were a few years ago.)
I'll have to check it out, thanks for the post !
Stop pretending. The government is monitoring ALL electronic communication. The US is a fascistic police state with a very very dishonest and corrupt government. It's funny that just 20 years ago the people of the USA made fun of the USSR for doing things that don't even come close to what is happening in the US today. Land of the free my ass. Merry Christmas! I hope everyone found some nice tracking equipment in their socks!
On one hand you have the Copyright Cartel, I mean, the Entertainment Industry buying laws to give them more rights, so they can abuse more ways to make money off content that will NEVER go into the public domain. And on the other hand you have the Government, who gladly accepts money to make laws that benefits their Movie & Music Mafia pals. On top of that, they want to overreach by collecting all the data America makes to make us safer, yet not catching home terrorist acts. Then claiming they need backdoors and no encryption to make us safer.
Our government has failed the people.
Be seeing you...
Some of the best journalism comes from Muckraking. Still, it's pretty easy to see that the main advantage of the internet is that it provides education / information to billions of people who never had access to it before, and the growth in that penetration is a bigger story than the limits to educating and informing people. The main disadvantage is when the internet provides miseducation / false information to billions of people. The nuance is that misinformation has been readily accessible to the billions of people for eons. The optimist thinks that misinformation will find it more difficult to compete with truth, and that attempts to curtail it will tend to blowback on churches, governments and corporations which try to wedge against it.
Gently reply
and point out their bs
Let me be the first to say, "No shit."
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
I'm not so sure Vice is all-negative, after all, they did a pretty cool and positive feature on my fusion work. You can search youtube on my username for it if you care.
What does concern me is that it used to take me almost all day to read everything new that day on the 'net - and now it takes only an hour, if that, and I don't really read faster than I used to.
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While it seems even the tinfoil hat crowd aren't talking about explicit censorship, either the world is kind of going dead, or something like hidden chilling effects are happening. I really don't like that one bit - no matter which it is - the creeping lack of new worthwhile content doesn't bode well at all. Yes, I read more widely on more topics and specialties than most so maybe it's more obvious to me, but gee, it's a huge change over the last few years. Seems as though society is just giving up, whatever the reason.
Why guess when you can know? Measure!
If the author of the refenced article had any journalistic ability he would have realized that the definition of broadband was redefined between 2013 ant 2015 leading to the apparent decrease of home installations. Furthermore the author seems to be easily confused by conceits such as rate vs. total and confuses adoption (normally expressed as a rate YTY) with installed based. I attribute this to a general lack of fundamental understanding of mathematics if not calculus on the whole. Sadly this is a pretty common sight for ignorant journalists these dqys. What would make an interesting article is the decline of fundamental mathematics comprehension among journalists over time.
Yup. Ironic, no? "Free speech is in danger, but people were posting things we don't agree with, so we have to silence everyone in response. That's not hypocrisy, that's social justice."
Completely true. The CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation, a publicly funded news outlet in Canada) has been filtering comments that don't fit their agenda, or outright closing comments sections on articles when the narrative starts falling apart, risking a backfire of the programming attempt. A number of articles don't even get the comment section from the start, since they know people will point out the bullshit immediately. There was more truth in the comments sections than in the articles in many cases.
I can't find it right now, but there was an opinion article on cbc.ca that was along the lines of "Is it time to remove online comments altogether?" because you "had no right" to them in the first place. Never mind that this is an organization that is funded by taxpayer money, to the tune of about a billion dollars a year.
You and the GP blame "governments", but it's much more than that.
The worst censorship we witness online isn't done by governments, or those acting on behalf of governments.
The most insidious censorship is that done by the people running the discussion forums, or their minions. Look at places like reddit, or Hacker News, or Stack Overflow. If you don't hold exactly the right viewpoints and opinions, then you will most likely be silenced and banned.
Slashdot isn't as bad as those aforementioned sites, but it's still susceptible to very abusive and incorrect moderation, too.
The real threat here is Millennials. They're an entire generation of people who've deluded themselves into believing that they stand for freedom and openness, yet in practice they're actually among the most virulent perpetrators of censorship and the suppression of free expression.
If you express an opinion that they dislike, they don't engage in discussion. They just shut you down, typically using a system that's without any sort of an appeal process, or due process of any sort.
At least governments tend to be subject to at least some judicial oversight, no matter how minor or ineffective it may be. There is absolutely no resource against online moderators who engage in oppression.
If your society requires anonymity for freedom of speech, then that society is not free to begin with.
"(On the other hand, it's worth pointing out that there are now free encryption-centric apps for voice and text communication that give ordinary people privacy options, and both unlocked phones and inexpensive data plans are far closer to the American norm than they were a few years ago.)"
Mobile phones are rooted by both the carrier and/or your employer and provide a direct backdoor to the government. There is absolutely no security/privacy on a mobile phone. There isn't much point in encrypting your voice/text when they have the key.
Yup. Ironic, no? "Free speech is in danger, but people were posting things we don't agree with, so we have to silence everyone in response. That's not hypocrisy, that's social justice."
So true.
The next big thing will get invented soon.
What may or may not be happening to the Internet is just a symptom of the bigger socio-political problems here in the U.S., and in the world in general; whoever you are, AC, take off the blinders, put on your glasses if you're that nearsighted, lift your head up, look around you, try to take in the bigger picture, and stop being satisfied with the bread and circuses that you keep being handed to keep you quiet. I won't lie, you'll hate me for making you become aware, but embrace this bit of wisdom: It's always better to know.
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
Yup. Ironic, no? "Free speech is in danger, but people were posting things we don't agree with, so we have to silence everyone in response. That's not hypocrisy, that's social justice."
Duh. You think so? What with every government on earth trying to censor the internet?
Even if CBC removes its own comment section, how does that affect users of third-party comment sections, such as Reddit, SoylentNews, and Slashdot?
As for echo chambers, it's both the nature of the beast (people tend to prefer sites that are compatible with their views), and also a matter of choice.
At least on Slashdot, I've found that one effective tool against the echo chamber effect is to tactfully present the opposite side, even if it's not the side with which you personally agree.
They did that because of highly racist comments that were getting through the system. Those comments are illegal (hate speech) in Canada, so what were they supposed to do? Do I like it? No. Do I have a solution? Sure - force people to use their real identities on-line, same as they do to letters to the editor or tv and radio interviews. Instead of being cowardly "keyboard warriors", let them stand behind their speech. If you don't value what you said enough to attach your name and reputation to it, why should anyone think it's all that important to read it?
And for all those "anonymity is a basic principle of the internet", this wasn't always true. Just like people getting all upset about their name and address being posted on the internet, who forget how recently we used to think nothing about receiving an updated book with names, addresses, and phone numbers to every door, and nobody was going "OMG! OMG!"
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Yep, this vid is best explanation I've seen of what's going on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Of course government and corporations want to control and censor the internet, but lately they've found support and allies among righteous authoritarians who pass themselves off as activists for the oppressed (when all they're really after is power).
If you ever encounter someone who thinks that only government censorship matters, show them how Reddit once actively opposed things like SOPA and PIPA. Then point out how CISA recently passed without a blip from them, and how they now actively shut down discussion of things like TPP.
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The real threat here is Millennials. They're an entire generation of people who've deluded themselves into believing that they stand for freedom and openness, yet in practice they're actually among the most virulent perpetrators of censorship and the suppression of free expression.
If you express an opinion that they dislike, they don't engage in discussion. They just shut you down, typically using a system that's without any sort of an appeal process, or due process of any sort.
Whoa, bit of an over-generalization there, don't you think? If you want to engage in generational blame, I could also easily blame the baby boomers that currently dominate congressional leadership, and feel the need to regulate things they don't understand (and laugh off the fact they don't understand technology, which always irritates me). The internet started free, and deteriorated into spying and other things under the boomers' watch, you know. Many Millennials only recent gained the ability to run for Senate, for example, and most are not even eligible to run for President. The generation hasn't even had an opportunity to contribute to governance much yet, and you already blame them?
Really, the issue is we've gone through a massive cultural shift in the 20ish years since the internet became mainstream. We can talk to people around the world, and learn about cultures and viewpoints we didn't before. We don't need commercial media as much, because my twitter stream shows me real time events in the middle east, for example, and aggregated together, probably much less biased. Just facts. The Internet allows us to seek our own knowledge and not be fully reliant on corporate media. I think what you will see is that a cross-section of people that have used the internet since its early days -- all generations but probably leaning more toward Millennials -- respect this freedom and independence, and want to protect it.
Meanwhile there seems to be a counter-culture that takes the corporate viewpoint a little too seriously -- some young people too but in my anecdotal experience, tends to be older people, I think because they grew up only having corporate media as single source of news -- and these people use the internet as a way to stay attached to people like them. Like-minded viewpoints. I have had the misfortune of stumbling across some of these on a number of social websites; they are groups for hate and fear-mongering. Where a person used to be the weirdo in town, now they can talk to other weirdos and pump themselves up and pretend they are majorities. It is these people that shut down all dissent and disagreeing viewpoints. They want to live in their own bubble; they are "proud conservatives that watch Fox News" for example, and seem to be proud of the fact that they stay in their bubble. I am not a fan of the current Republican candidates, but I still watch their debates because I want to know more about the viewpoints. There are those that refuse to hear anything outside of their viewpoint, and it really weirds me out.
So what we have is a cultural war -- do we see the internet as stay free, open, independent, allowing anyone to become a contributor and not just a bystander? Or do we see the internet as a way of segregating ourselves from other conflicting viewpoints? Really, this came about because of the rapid shift of computers and the internet and really the globalization of the economy. Our culture changed so quickly that I don't think everyone has caught up yet, and there's disagreement about how we should feel about the rapid shift..
If you agree with me, and the internet should stay free and independent, then it is our responsibility to speak up. Government in this country is still the people and laws -- if current representatives don't hear your pleas, start running for office yourself. Doesn't strictly have to be the US congress either; run for state congress, or even county-level or city-council. Mayors and county executives wield a large amount of power but we tend to ignore them. If you aren't willing to try something, then I don't believe you get to have much room to complain about government.
There's a third evil force (which I'm sure government and corporations are overjoyed about) pushing as hard as they can for censorship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
A huge activist arm of the tech news media has, especially over the last year and a half, been to happy portay criticism and disagreement as "harassment" and "threats" as an excuse to censor and stifle discussion of the "wrong" opinions, especially about politics or lapses in their own journalistic ethics.
Motherboard Vice (the site linked in the summary) itself hypocritically silenced the masses by wiping out its own comments section, ensuring only themselves and approved plebians will have a voice on their site. Mad about too many readers fact-checking your insulting, baseless, click-bait articles? Problem solved. And now they have the gall to bemoan a loss of internet freedom? How come we didn't get a story posted about that, Slashdot?
Try defending video games from charges of sexism.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Kotak...
Vice are Grade-A hypocrites, perfectly happy to support internet censorship as long as they get to be the censors.
Any encryption software that you can buy is very likely to be government created or compromised by the government. If you want real security you'll have to be somewhat creative in how you accomplish it. I also want to know why bank software disallows really good passwords. You would think that banks would be eager to have customers with seriously, strong passwords or pass phrases. It is almost like they want to be hacked.
"Do I like it? No. Do I have a solution? Sure - force people to use their real identities on-line, same as they do to letters to the editor or tv and radio interviews."
There are some nasty people online. Flame wars can get out of hand. I've seen things turn bad. I've seen an over-the-top feminist who contacted an opponent's employer to falsely accuse him of harassment and advocating for legalisation of rape in an attempt to get him fired. I've seen a super-patriotic flag-waver who was filled with such a powerful loathing for anyone who opposed his political views that he once created a whole website in the name of an opponent in which he advocated sex with children and the abolition of age of consent laws in an attempt to discredit them. There have been numerous instances of people falsely making police calls claiming there is a shooting in progress in order to trigger a SWAT team attack upon someone's home over things as trivial as losing in an online game. You would have to be foolish indeed to reveal your real name when there are people like that on the internet.
Internet freedom is indeed dissolving. If you use the internet, you're at an increasing risk to catch malware. If your computer is infected you don't have any freedom at all. You are at risk of losing your money on the bank. You're at risk of losing your valuable personal data or your identity being abused. In all cases you are bombarded with ant-virus advertisements which may of may not be fake. Your computer might also be used in all kinds of illegal activities designed to hurt others. Also, if you buy from legit-looking webshops, it turns out that your cash disappears and your goods are never delivered, even though you might intuitively think that it can be traced, because everything is 'digital'.
Unless you're a slashdot nerd, you don't have the knowledge to effectively defend against it.
I think the average person has much more to lose from these than from the NSA looking at his data-streams (not that I don't have problems with uncontrolled monitoring). If you feel concerned about eroding freedom on internet, you should at least address this issue as well. It also has as extra advantage that you take the wind out of the 'security by more control' arguments
Why even bother mentioning this. It is the least of the problems in the US regime. Of course there will be a negative impression on internet freedom in an undemocratic country that tortures people, holds them without trial, bombs one country after another, imposes random sanctions against other countries, allows politicians to be bought, conducts summary executions with drones, ... America has the most utterly corrupt and contemptible system of governance. The whole political system is geared towards allowing only bought influence of massive and corrupt corporations, banks, and military systems manufacturers. Democracy will never be possible in America, without very substantial constitutional reforms. There are also now other even more worrying trends, like religious fanaticism in the 'republican' party, and a substantial increase in the number of US apparatchiks that appear to be sociopathic, for example, Hillary Clinton. Altogether, I can't think of a reasonably developed country that is in much worse shape, from the point of view of governance, or corruption.
See subject motherfucker? Quit downmodding my posts & I wouldn't do it more than once http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... like you have the last time I posted this very reply to a piece of NO BALLS "Ne'er-do-well" do nothing SHIT LIKE YOU FUCKWAD!
(& you fucks don't prove me wrong either on hosts... hence you're STUPID transparent WEAK little 'out' you spewed fuckwad!)
YOU LITTLE FUCK, GET THIS & GET IT GOOD MOTHERFUCKER:
I'd knock your FUCKING TEETH OUT if you in front of me you little unidentifiable coward punk.
Fact: YOU'RE A DO NOTHING TALKER MOTHERFUCKER!
(Whereas by way of comparison to myself? Hey - I'm actually out building something that's BETTER than any of your stupid Open SORES fuck talkers around here have... fact you "ne'er-do-well" little fucking BITCH!)
APK
P.S.=> Face facts, you little fuck - you haven't got the BALLS to post using your registered LOSER account when posting to me you little BITCH... it says it ALL about you fuckface punk that you are... apk
See subject: Same as on /. in admitting impersonating & trolling me but not proving me validly technically wrong.
* I can honestly tell you that they're doing me a favor in their constant FAILS vs. myself & such reprehensible behavior: They're helping to prove me right even moreso!
These 'wannabe geeks' are pitiful & judging by their BITCH liek antics? They're frustrated into childish bullshit when they can't get the best of me (& I guarantee it was some douchebag I've totally dusted before, guaranteed - his 'ego' in being smoked in the 1 THING he thought he was 'good in' (for once, lol) destroyed his mind: Normal folks do NOT pull the crap the weasel(s) do to me here OR on your site!)
My guess? They don't like being shown their "know-how" is nothing more than "by rote" bs they read & spit back out minus THINKING IT OVER CRITICALLY!
(... & when confronted with something new, they're dumbstruck or come up with the STUPIDEST easily blown away by myself crap I've ever seen... pitiful! You're better off just giving up than trying to take me on in this area especially... I've outthought & outsmarted FAR BETTER than troll around this website over time, that's certain!)
APK
P.S.=> Makes me feel good that when all idiots have is their crap instead of valid material to get the best of me with (nothing to that effect)... apk
So says the Anonymous Coward himself.
It's also worth keeping in mind that the definition of broadband was updated recently, raising the bar for what is considered broadband. This could easily cause a perceived drop in broadband adoption.
Is that you Ted Kaczynski?
The new right fascists are bilingual. They speak English and Bullshit.
See subject: Who started what with whom here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... I made you EAT YOUR WORDS for it & you started trolling me you twisted mental case weirdo "TrAnZteStiCLe" whacko!
SIMPLY BECAUSE I PROVED YOU WRONG ON USB STUFF!
Your "butthurt" reaction @ my proving your dumb ass wrong there?
You tried saying "APK NEVER WORKED IN THE INDUSTRY" & I've done it LONGER & BETTER than a mentalcase weirdo (admitted no less that you are nuts to me) like you has or ever will...
You also FAILED in trying to say I said "hosts cure anything" (more or less on YOUR part) & when I challenged you to prove I said that even once? YOU FUCKING RAN... why?? I never once have.
Christ, you are a FUCKING LOSER... I let bygones be bygones but you're STILL talking behind my back? I suspect you're the fucking freak unidentifiable ac trolling me constantly.
Look: It's not MY FAULT you're a failure in all things in this life (including being a man, because you surely act like a little bitch & are literally TRYING TO BE ONE, failing that too, weirdo!).
APK
P.S.=> Cripes, for the hell of it, I was TRYING to be nice to you while I scanned your post history, posting a few cool things to you you SNEAKY talking behind my back motherfucking LOONO that you are (sex change? You are FUCKED UP TO THE MAX, even telling me you are literally crazy... well, now I KNOW you fucking are asshole)... apk
You're adblind? YOU'RE MISSING AN EYE psychoclops as well as a sane brain (you've admitted you're literally insane to me and yes I believe it) and SICKO?
You literally TOLD OTHERS to stalk and harass ME with YOU lunatic weirdo http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
APK
P.S.=> Don't fucking TRY "play saint" you fucking lying motherfucker asshole sicko... I'll bust your ass for it EVERY TIME you lying gossiping talk behind everyone's back asshole... I've a good mind to hunt you down and bust your fucking face now... apk
See subject: You SAY you don't stalk others by ac posts? You say differently here http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
* YOU PITIFUL SICK IN THE HEAD FUCKING PSYCHO LIAR!
APK
P.S.=> You're a fucking whackjob & maybe it's time to come to Canada and bust your fucking head in finally... apk
See subject: Not only is he/she a fruitcake but ADMITS being a mental case http://slashdot.org/journal/15...
Barbara/Tom Hudson's PORTRAIT http://images2.wikia.nocookie....
LMAO!
APK
P.S.=> Don't talk behind my back again AND LIE you fucking whacko... but, that's what YOU do now don't you? Proud of starting trouble on /. too you fucking sick freak -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Know what, asshole? One day in the future, I'm going to pay YOU A FUCKING PERSONAL VISIT and bust your fucking face... promise... apk
See subject: So was the fellow you're replying to (defending me, maybe better than I can in a way). IF you're still up to AC stalking/bugging me? I ask that you stop... that's all.
(After all - I'm merely acting on your words from the past, quoted or linked to)
Barb? Honestly?? I'm not TRYING to insult you - I'm merely pointing out your admission of mental issues, & yes, your sex stuff... which I could care less about on the latter (which I've told you before & yes, we're all 'crazy' to a degree... I call it being 'individual' & fuck others that don't like it) - personally? If it makes you happy?? Fuck everyone else & if you're right - knock the fuck out of them in kind.
(That's all that was - to show you how it feels as a reminder... I know it's not pleasant, I've been on the receiving end of bs slashdot has allowed (& left it online) calling me a pedo & worse (which I AM NOT)... that is going to end too shortly, trust me)
APK
P.S.=> Nobody pissed in my cereal - they tried pissing on me & continue to do so... this is going to come to a halt soon + has been looked into LONG ago & not by myself only, mark my words... apk
See subject: It's called PRIDE Barb & my rep. On what I said in anger? Hey - I don't act on it, never do (unless physically attacked & those fucks always get literally knocked out, I live it in a rotten area that's gone to shit in 20 years - I want out. My hosts project? Potential way out (adblock shows it)... pipedream? Maybe - but as Matt Damon said "The world series of poker has a million bucks on it... does it have my name on it? I don't know - but I'm gonna find out"), I let you & those LIKE you, do yourselves in. I ask it stop.
That's all.
APK
P.S.=> Barb, there are OTHER WAYS to handle people doing what you've said (stalk me by ac posts) & that's been well underway for a LONG TIME now (so you know, fairly)... I ask, again for the 4th time, stop IF you're @ it again (& not telling others WHO STARTED IT, you, libeling me? Come on... you were wrong bigtime, but telling others I do 'wrong' defending myself vs. b.s. from YOU & OTHERS (possible sockpuppets??) no way... I don't sit there & take it, I do something about it... it's MY life & rep on the line & to me? THAT IS EVERYTHING & you're nothing minus it)... apk
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
APK
P.S.=> Why post ac? I'm freer from tracking & all else than any of your slaves to javascript + cookies (not hack/crack either, completely legit & anyone can do it IF they know what they're doing is all), & I am out helping others via it... are you? I ask that IF you're still up to your old tricks, it's best for you (& me) + everyone here that you stop... apk
THIS IS NOW (that was then, this IS now) http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Last I have to say, & I'll honor it... will you? Your words showed otherwise... if you're up to your old tricks?? I fairly ask, you stop (& tell the truth as to who started what & where - "'twas your past that disarmed you mondego")
APK
P.S.=> That's all... have a nice day (unless you replied elsewhere, this is my reply to them all)... apk
See subject: He also said my posts help gratis (which I am FREE to post, no law broken, especially if almostalladsblock fans do - I inform them of a FAR superior method is all on many levels)
Censorship.this place? For ALL of its "freedom of speech" b.s. SJW's etc.?? They're the WORST ABUSERS via downmods!
(all I EVER ASKED is those here who are my 'naysayer detractors' is prove me wrong - I'm using them to HELP me by finding weakspot objections I must overcome but they rarely, if EVER, do on PRACTICAL things that matter (only real weaknesses hosts are BGP which I've admitted & was +5 upmodded for, + ads served on the same site (not practical which is why it's not seen: admen don't trust websites & I don't BLAME them.. I do for negligence on openbid ads that EXPLODED threats on us, & I know... it's gotten 10x as bad in 2-3 yrs time which I see in my daily blocking datagathers). I am doing something about it. Not for altruism (there is none, not really, even if it 'makes you feel good', it's selfish) purely. I know it's right - those here help me PROVE it.
ASK TEPPLES ABOUT IT BARB - he's even put up a site where others can TRY 'take me down'... like here? NOBODY can! I won't allow it.
DOWNMODS minus validly proving me wrong? Censorship & I'm not dumb - I am fairly SURE who's doing it (adblock for sure, I did so on their forums... they deleted my posts on hosts)... there you go. Want proof? I'll provide it. Unlike you.
Matt Damon barb the world series of poker in "Rounders" as my background's NOT much different than his there, just another ballcourt (this one tech). Adblock can? So can I w/ better something you have natively that does far more for far less - & even cleaner than a firewall since it has to LAYER IN FILTERING DRIVERS, where hosts don't. Pipedream?? We'll see.
BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS (helps like YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE) & it does pay.
APK
P.S.=> Barb, PROVE I do it... I can with you & have via your word... apk
See subject: He also said my posts help gratis (which I am FREE to post, no law broken, especially if almostalladsblock fans do - I inform a FAR superior method on many levels). He sees downmods of my posts.
Censorship.this place? For ALL of its "freedom of speech" b.s. SJW's etc.?? They're the WORST ABUSERS via downmods!
(all I EVER ASKED is those here who are my 'naysayer detractors' is prove me wrong - I'm using them to HELP me by finding weakspot objections I must overcome but they rarely, if EVER, do on PRACTICAL things that matter (only real weaknesses hosts are BGP which I've admitted & was +5 upmodded for, + ads served on the same site (not practical which is why it's not seen: admen don't trust websites & I don't BLAME them.. I do for negligence on openbid ads that EXPLODED threats on us, & I know... it's gotten 10x as bad in 2-3 yrs time which I see in my daily blocking datagathers). I am doing something about it. Not for altruism (there is none, not really, even if it 'makes you feel good', it's selfish) purely. I know it's right - those here help me PROVE it.
ASK TEPPLES ABOUT IT BARB - he's even put up a site where others can TRY 'take me down'... like here? NOBODY can! I won't allow it.
DOWNMODS minus validly proving me wrong? Censorship & I'm not dumb - I am fairly SURE who's doing it (adblock for sure, I did so on their forums... they deleted my posts on hosts)... there you go. Want proof? I'll provide it. Unlike you.
Matt Damon barb the world series of poker in "Rounders" as my background's NOT much different than his there, just another ballcourt (this one tech). Adblock can? So can I w/ better something you have natively that does far more for far less - & even cleaner than a firewall since it has to LAYER IN FILTERING DRIVERS, where hosts don't. Pipedream?? We'll see.
BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS (helps like YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE) & it does pay.
APK
P.S.=> Barb, PROVE I do it... I can with you & have via your word... apk
See subject: He said my posts help gratis (& I am FREE to post, no law broken, & if almostalladsblock fans do I can - I inform a FAR superior method). He sees downmods of my posts. Adblock deleted my posts on THEIR forums (they are losing & it proves it). Palant RAN by email: 2x 2 diff accounts I use.
Censorship here? Same. For ALL of its "freedom of speech" b.s. SJW's etc.? WORST ABUSERS via downmods!
(all I EVER ASKED is those who are my 'naysayer detractors' is prove me wrong - I'm using them to HELP me by finding weakspot objections I must overcome but they rarely if EVER on PRACTICAL things that matter (only real weaknesses hosts are BGP which I've admitted & was +5 upmodded for, + ads served on the same site (not practical which is why it's not seen: admen don't trust websites & I don't BLAME them. I do for negligence on openbid ads that EXPLODED threats on us & I know it's gotten 10x as bad in 2-3 yrs time which I see in my daily blocking datagathers).
I do something about it. Not for altruism (there is none, not really, even if it 'makes you feel good', it's selfish) purely. I know it's right - those here help me PROVE it.
ASK TEPPLES BARB - he put up a site where others can 'take me down' & like here? NOBODY can! I won't allow it.
DOWNMODS minus validly proving me wrong? Censorship & I'm not dumb - I am fairly SURE who's doing it (adblock for sure, I did so on their forums: They deleted my posts on hosts)... there you go. Want proof? I'll provide it. Unlike you.
Matt Damon barb the world series of poker in "Rounders" as my background's NOT much different than his there, just another ballcourt (this one tech). Adblock can? So can I w/ better something you have natively that does far more for far less - & even cleaner than a firewall since it has to LAYER IN FILTERING DRIVERS, where hosts don't. Pipedream?? We'll see.
BE OF SERVICE (helps like YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE) & it pays.
APK
P.S.=> I have work to do, see ya... apk
See subject: Our entire WORLD society's gravitating in that direction, can't you see it? It's not for our good Barb, trust me. Just like the NSA's system "stopped 54 crimes" which was COMPLETE SHIT & hugely inflated... save the children, appeal to fundamental emotions... admen use it ALL DAY LONG & see subject.
You ought to care. For yourself. For others you care for especially (you have kids), etc. & just for doing the right thing.
APK
P.S.=> We're different here - I can't afford to let it happen, I have a goal I am intending to see thru & so far, SO good + it's happened for me before (except THIS time? I'm not after the corner store... I'm after the GOOGLE, MS, AMAZON bank (JUST LIKE ADBLOCK & THEY TOOK THE GOLD VS. THE LEAD) who are fucking us with malware & not doing a DAMN THING about it despite lip service - even buying up & crippling adblock + ghostery being used for data to inform them (not so much to protect you, that's bullshit imo)... I see it Barb, & have the data to back it) - I'm no saint either, I know that's a byproduct of my goals though like being of service to others USUALLY is:
You even said it more or less: We took this career to better our lives doing what we love & understand... apk
See subject: Are you saying HE didn't think they were deleted? Admen KNOW how to work forums (sliding etc.) & want proof of their nefarious bs from someone championing them too?
OK, read (on "optional uncrippling" in AlmostALLAdsBlocked the souled-out one EVERYONE knows about now) ->
"majority of users are never going to change the ad blocker settings" - http://lauren.vortex.com/archi...
Admen KNOW it!
There's your proof, & I always provide it (sometimes stronger than others, but deceit from the deceitful (admen 1/2 truths)? HARD to ferret out!)
APK
P.S.=> Prove me wrong - tepples sees it as I do here even putting up a site to DISPROVE me validly & nobody has like here too & yes, they admit impersonating me there (doing it here) AND my posts were deleted too (like here or what seems thus) https://pineight.com/mw/index.... - need more? Ask... apk
See subject: I've got NO problem w/ sites making a buck, never did & held off releasing my program (ready in 2003 in GUI, no errtraps + filters) in "1 moving part" GUI... was 3 separate parts before it for personal use in Pascal tty/charmode/DOS app only (faster by 10x too, no messagepassing overheads in GUI).
HOWEVER - not after the 'famed "malware explosion"' circa 2004-current as it's referred to more or less sometimes... & again, I see it daily Barb. I track & use the data from reputable security sites for it (10 for users, 15 for myself).
I held off until shortly before I released it publicly in 2012 (which was a stumbling block w/ my Malwarebytes employee hoster, who WOULD NOT DO SO until I showed him my code in early AND current versions to dispel 'naysayers' who harangued him on his site (& I'm not dumb - it's to remove his hosting my work - he knows it, I've proven it by showing like I had with you WHO STARTED WHAT & WHY via their OWN words trolling me).
The undoing of my naysayer detractors is, I am 50 moves in advance knowing them MAYBE better than they know themselves... just like I showed you proof http://slashdot.org/comments.p... ADMEN KNOW USERS WON'T MOSTLY ALTER ITS SETTINGS letting adblock's "payoff list" thru... which I do myself, filtering off harming security, antivirus, search engines & FAR MORE largely travelled sites vs. false positives... but I didn't take a bribe to do it. I did it gratis as it's the RIGHT thing to do, & users can always add their own entries after filtering.
Lastly - for saavy users? Yes, you're right - we can "work it" but the ac you replied to thinking my posts were deleted?? Can't... they've forums slid deceived (& my detractor opponents know it too & yes, I am not stupid - they're admen, webmasters, inferior competitors profiting... malware makers? Less so, they just 'make more doritos' & could give 2 shits).
APK
P.S.=> Rounders Barb... see that one too if you haven't, especially it's ending... not a LOT different than what I am up to... To Google, MS, Amazon TEDDY KGB's out there?
"You feelin' satisfied NOW Teddy? Cuz I can go on 'bustin' you up' ALL nite..." apk
See subject & my last post you replied to... Easy enough if you look up-thread!
APK