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Chrome 72 Arrives With Code Injection Blocking, New Developer Features (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the browser-updates dept.

Following Mozilla's footsteps, Google has released Chrome 72 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. From a report: The release includes code injection blocking and new developer features. You can update to the latest version now using Chrome's built-in updater or download it directly from google.com/chrome. With over 1 billion users, Chrome is both a browser and a major platform that web developers must consider. In fact, with Chrome's regular additions and changes, developers often must make an effort to stay on top of everything available -- as well as what has been deprecated or removed -- most notably, Chrome 72 removes support for Chromecast setup on a computer. To set up a Chromecast, you'll now need to use a mobile device.

As this isn't a major release, there aren't many new features to cover. Chrome 72 for Windows, however, blocks code injections, reducing crashes caused by third-party software. The initiative to block code injections in Chrome started last year, with warnings letting users know that Chrome was fighting back. Those warnings are now gone, and Chrome blocks code injections full stop. Further reading: All the Chromium-based browsers.

103 comments

  1. Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Google doesn't need to be in control of the web.

    1. Re:Support Mozilla by ckatko · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Do you honestly believe if Mozilla had 99% market share, they wouldn't be abusing it?

    2. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Isn't that the "Evil Government" fallacy?

      I just made that up, sorry. ;)

    3. Re: Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I am in control of the webziez hear me roar

    4. Re: Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Long story short: A corporation gets big or powerful enough, they WILL become abusive and controlling.

    5. Re:Support Mozilla by HarrySquatter · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yes. They are a non-profit versus the largest ad company in the world.

      What would they be abusing and why would they abusive?

    6. Re:Support Mozilla by EMN13 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It woudn't be healthy if mozilla share were 99% either. But that's neither here nor there: it isn't and there's no plausible scenario in which they turn into a monopolist, not to mention the fact that they're a non-profit whose interests are perhaps less likely to push them to abuse than companies peddling your private data and opinions to the highest bidder.

    7. Re: Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You know what would be really helpful? If they just removed chrome, google, chromium, and cancelled all the EULAs. That would actually be helpful. But I doubt google actually wants to be helpful

    8. Re:Support Mozilla by WaffleMonster · · Score: 1

      Do you honestly believe if Mozilla had 99% market share, they wouldn't be abusing it?

      EVERYONE abuses a monopoly position. This is why the world is far better off when monopolies are simply not allowed to exist.

      Presently Mozilla is just a browser. They don't have a monopoly on search and operate massive content/ad service like Google does. Google is way more dangerous as they continue to exert ownership over more and more of the stack fueled by NIH ethos.

      Google browser running on Google OS over Google transport (QUIC) to get to Google services and search sites hosted on Google (AMP). Some lucky few have even managed to get Google fiber and close the loop entirely.

      Now they have taken control over transport protocols and as a result 1 session to Google (QUIC) consumes twice the bandwidth of sum total of 20 other sessions (TCP) to other places combined over a bandwidth constrained link because Google has intentionally tweaked congestion algorithms with twice the aggression of normal TCP so that they win.

    9. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How the hell does a straw man argument like that get to "score 5, insightful"? Support Mozilla, so that there is competition and choice.

    10. Re:Support Mozilla by Zocalo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Strawman much? Regardless of Mozilla's market share and what they would/would not do with market dominance the OPs point is clearly more about avoiding a monoculture than abusing market position. However, given they are a non-profit and didn't attempt the kind of abuse you are suggesting when they were peaking at around one third of the browser market I'm going to go with "no" on the willful front, although I suspect some of their innovations would become defacto standards purely because of 99% market share.

      The ideal would be for Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, as the dominant browser vendors to each have their own rendering engine and the driving factors being standards compliance and performance. As it is, three of those four (as well as a significant number of the long tail of alternative browsers) will soon be based on forks from a single codebase, and that means a monoculture where Google - an ad company of all things - is more equal than others. That's a horrible position to be in as a user and absolutely that position needs to be resisted if you care about the web. Equally, if the positions were reversed, abusive behavior or not, we should be promoting the use of browsers other than Firefox for exactly the same anti-monoculture reasons.

      --
      UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
    11. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because power attracts the kind of person who does that kind of thing. They would abuse their monopoly power and they would do it because they're people, not saints.

    12. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yes. They are a non-profit versus the largest ad company in the world.

      What would they be abusing and why would they abusive?

      Oh, I dunno.

      How about we ask Brendan Eich?

      As to why?

      SJWs gotta SJW...

    13. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I love Mozilla and I'd like to pretend that it would be just a few extra prompts to donate, but they do have Pocket. Pocket and other services would look more attractive to reap some extra income. and it's been a while, but didn't something similar happen to the privacy tool Ghostery? Don't they hoard and sell user data now?

    14. Re:Support Mozilla by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 1

      > This is why the world is far better off when monopolies are simply not allowed to exist.

      I'm not sure I'd go THAT far with that ideology -- the answer isn't that clear cut IMHO. I'm going to play Devil's Advocate for a minute:

      Governments have a monopoly on creating and enforcing Laws and Money. Do you really every Tom, Dick, and Harry creating and enforcing new Laws? I believe THAT is called Anarchy. One of the problems with Anarchy is that it doesn't scale.

      I think part of the confusion is that Monopolies and Standards go hand in hand. That is, Monopolies, at best, provide a "de facto" standard. Is a bad standard worse then no standard? Sometimes. Sometimes not.

      Apple has a "monopoly" on iOS programming. Microsoft has a "monopoly" on Win32 programming. Is that a bad thing? Well that depends -- it DOES provide a standard way to access the API.

      One of the problems with monopolies is that they can ignore the little guy pointing a real problem -- the little guy is screwed because there is realistically no alternative.

      * IE6 had a "monopoly" on low-common-denominator web pages. One of the reasons everyone bitched about this is because IE6 didn't implement half of the HTML standards, or worse, either outright ignored them, or created their own incompatible ones. Half of the reason jQuery was invented was to work around all the stupid proprietary shit IE6 did.
      * WebKit has now become a "monopoly". While the days of specific web browser extensions seem to be over the drawback is that we MAY get "locked into" a bad implementation because there is no longer any incentive to see if there is a different way to solve the problem. The other problem is that one company can dictate this now the way things are done when we don't have the experience or wisdom to see the pros and cons of that approach.

      You mentioned:

      Google is way more dangerous as they continue to exert ownership over more and more of the stack fueled by NIH ethos.

      Yes, I too share you concerns and lament about Google "hijacking" Internet protocols for their benefit. We are potentially heading into dangerous territory when/where one company can simple break half of the internet due to "forcing" changes in protocols. Do we really want to leave one company with that much power? The warning should be: Here be dragons.

      What we REALLY should be pursuing are Open Standards. Any one tech company should not be trusted to defined protocols due to a potential conflict-of-interest and out-right abuse of that monopoly.

      i.e.
      Sun had a monopoly on Java. At least now we have an OpenJDK that is the official reference implementation of Java SE.

      Google "dictating" what they will or won't support needs to be taken with a grain of salt. I'm not sure how to "keep them honest" aside from industry pundits and critical analysis?

      Thoughts?

      --
      Necessity is the mother of invention,
      Curiosity is the father, and
      some men just wanted better lives for their wives.

    15. Re:Support Mozilla by xack · · Score: 1

      We have seen it before in the open source world like Xfree86.

    16. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What about Brendan Eich?

      I thought he was ousted on a hunt to find political undesirables?

      Was there something wrong with his performance at Mozilla other than his private life?

    17. Re:Support Mozilla by Red_Forman · · Score: 1

      Firefox keeps abusing their users by imposing interface and functionality changes even with a minority marketshare. I can't imagine what they would do with a 99% market share.

    18. Re: Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Google doesn't hold a monopoly on search. Not within the US anyways. They more or less do in the EU, but nobody cares because, of all of the retarded ways to fight a monopoly, the EU forced Google to put spammy shopping comparison sites at the top of its search results.

    19. Re:Support Mozilla by AHuxley · · Score: 1

      The test is in the scripts and allowing the user to still control the browser and what ads can do.

      --
      Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
    20. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe if Mozilla was Google's size, they could afford enough staff to please even drama queens who "suffer" from such "abuse" whenever the UI changes in the tiniest way, or their precious customizations need to be updated so the browser can progress with their limited workforce's efforts.

    21. Re:Support Mozilla by Red_Forman · · Score: 1

      If they really had a limited workforce, they would not be wasting time messing around with the damn interface and trying to add things that have no place in a fucking web browser.

    22. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's kinda GPs point. Mozilla can still do stupid things and force behavior for dumb reasons.

    23. Re:Support Mozilla by jpaine619 · · Score: 1

      Sure they would. What's your point? Any sane person doesn't want ANYONE to control the web, be in Google or Mozilla.. The "Arrogance of the Monopoly" rarely tends to benefit the customer/consumer/user.

      Ideally we'd have 3 or 4 browsers with about 25-33% market share each.. This would help to insure adherence to standards as well as preventing any one company from introducing unsupported features (a la Microsoft). Embrace, extend, extinguish is a tactic used by more companies than just the one in Redmond.

      Too many browsers, each with it's own glitches/quirks isn't too desirable, nor is too few. I suspect somewhere between 3-5 browsers would be okay, but certainly at least 3.

    24. Re: Support Mozilla by jpaine619 · · Score: 1

      Long story short: A corporation gets big or powerful enough, they WILL become abusive and controlling.

      Just like people and/or governments

    25. Re:Support Mozilla by jpaine619 · · Score: 1

      Abuse need not be economic.. Abuse can be as simple as saying "We've got 99%, we think RFCs and web standards are a pain in the ass, so we're gonna do it our way". If you are rocking 99% market share, who's gonna want to go through the extra effort to ensure that the remaining 1% have a good web experience? Monopoly breeds arrogance.

    26. Re: Support Mozilla by jpaine619 · · Score: 1

      A monopoly doesn't necessarily mean 100% market share. It can also define an overwhelming market share that impedes or denies competitive entry into a market.

      Google is more tentacled that you probably realize.. They are tracking everything. I can't remember the last time I visited a website that didn't have that Google Analytics code buried in the HTML.

      What are the real competitors to Google? Bing and Yahoo are about it, as far as I can tell.. DuckDuckGo uses Google as a backend, so.. not sure they really count as competition.

      Just did a quick search on "Search Engine Market Share" for "United States", and Google has 88%. Bing is at 5.2%, and Yahoo is trailing with 4.9%. DuckDuckGo (that I would already exclude) is at 0.81%.

      Google has a monopoly... It's even worse in Europe where Google is carrying a 93.41% share.

      Still want to go with:

      Google doesn't hold a monopoly on search. Not within the US anyways.

      ? If not, where would you draw the line to define a monopoly? 99%? 90%? 95%?

    27. Re:Support Mozilla by WaffleMonster · · Score: 1

      This is why the world is far better off when monopolies are simply not allowed to exist.

      I'm not sure I'd go THAT far with that ideology -- the answer isn't that clear cut IMHO. I'm going to play Devil's Advocate for a minute:

      Governments have a monopoly on creating and enforcing Laws and Money.

      My remarks were in the context of commercial endeavors. It's quite a stretch to even attempt to apply the term to governance. I'm quite comfortable with my anti-monopoly sentiment generally.

      The underlying reason for my belief is the observation power almost always corrupts the user. People are incapable of acting properly unless guided by an environment designed to reinforce good behavior.

      All successful states by definition have obtained a monopoly interest on the use of violence yet inter and intra state competition depends entirely on the governance structures of states themselves. While I certainly would never see myself preferring a one world government the monopoly interest of a states authority/legitimacy over its citizens isn't actually relevant. The structure and distribution of power within the centralized structure is what matters.

      Dictatorships run by kings with absolute power tend to rot from the top down.

      Other structures where power is disaggregated and jealously guarded by many competing interests limit accumulation and exercise of power thereby protecting participants from themselves.

      In business leadership is naturally aligned with the objective function: making money. Becoming a monopoly and leveraging yourself is the dream of all money making corporations. In effect there are no competing interests, no guarding of power... corporations are effectively one organism doing whatever they can get away with within their environment to maximize the objective function.

      Do you really every Tom, Dick, and Harry creating and enforcing new Laws? I believe THAT is called Anarchy. One of the problems with Anarchy is that it doesn't scale.

      No, there can be centralized things de-centralized in their governance. For example the UN and IETF are simply forums for those with power to communicate and pursuit mutually beneficial outcomes.

      Having the entire world influenced by the fruits of a global effort doesn't make it a monopoly simply because consensus was achieved and everyone decided to follow the same standard.

      I think part of the confusion is that Monopolies and Standards go hand in hand. That is, Monopolies, at best, provide a "de facto" standard. Is a bad standard worse then no standard? Sometimes. Sometimes not.

      I have no interest in playing word games which is all these characterizations amount to. My remarks had nothing to do with "standards" and the question you raise are irrelevant. Simply put global standards can exist in the absence of monopolies.

    28. Re: Support Mozilla by WaffleMonster · · Score: 3, Informative

      Google doesn't hold a monopoly on search. Not within the US anyways.

      Was just browsing yesterday's logs. 1400 hits from Google followed by 100 from Baidu of all things then Bing, Yandex and DDG each with about 40.

      Assertion Google doesn't hold a monopoly on search is simply not a statement I care to waste my time entertaining.

    29. Re:Support Mozilla by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      Do you honestly believe if Mozilla had 99% market share, they wouldn't be abusing it?

      They never will, so how is this in any way relevant?

      --
      Ezekiel 23:20
    30. Re: Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Long story short: A corporation gets big or powerful enough, they WILL become abusive and controlling.

      I think that's true of almost every member of the human race, individual or in groups. That includeds government, corporations, and any other organization that gains power, like unions, churches, and perhaps some charities.

    31. Re:Support Mozilla by HarrySquatter · · Score: 1

      And that has what to do with having a web browser monopoly?

    32. Re:Support Mozilla by Paxtez · · Score: 1

      Which change are you referring to specifically? How do you feel that the web is made worse by the changes in the new version of Chrome?

      Or are you just whining in general?

    33. Re:Support Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I honestly wonder if the people who criticize Mozilla even know a tenth of what they clearly think they know. Have you no idea of what's actually going on with Firefox, other than whatever lets you feel persecuted somehow? Firefox is based on ancient software frameworks that are *highly* problematic, and each time they revamp or replace one related to the UI, they also have to reimplement a lot of the UI. Would you rather they just waste even more time trying to make it look the same as the old one?

      Or would you rather they only strictly adhere to YOUR personal vision of what browser is, and end up with even fewer users, who only know how to criticize everything they do, never showing any signs of fairness of thanks? Why on earth would anyone want to write software for such people?

    34. Re:Support Mozilla by Red_Forman · · Score: 1

      All they do is either make sure they don't work like any other browser ever created, or they simply copy Chrome as much as they can.

      They've become the GIMP of the browser world.

  2. And in actual news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Happening now in realtime...

    1. Re: And in actual news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's fascinating. I totally regret voting for Trump now. Hold on, I need to go yell at somebody, brb.

    2. Re: And in actual news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Traitor expresses regret, heads off to the gallows anyway. News at 11."

    3. Re: And in actual news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Non negative if mostly meaningless

  3. Best browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Chrome is the best browser by a country mile. What is most interesting is that it is even much much MUCH better than Chromium, the open sorce fork. Just goes to show what many people are saying which is that closed source development is a better way to write good software.

    1. Re:Best browser by viperidaenz · · Score: 0

      Chromium isn't a fork of Chrome, it's the other way around.
      Chromium is open source, developed primarily by Google. Chrome is built on top of Chromium.
      They just add Google account integration and telemetry.

    2. Re:Best browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just you use the more common word "spyware", telemetry is a cop-out word.

    3. Re:Best browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Funny then, that the open source version is 1000% shittier than the closed source version. Again, just further proves what everyone says which is that open source is a terrible way (the worst way in fact) to write software. Open source has set back our industry by 20 years.

    4. Re:Best browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Funny then, that the open source version is 1000% shittier than the closed source version. Again, just further proves what everyone says which is that open source is a terrible way (the worst way in fact) to write software. Open source has set back our industry by 20 years.

      You're a fucking idiot. You having a nice day there on the MS Campus? Don't deny it.. You're a fucking MS employee or shill. Or, and I'll grant you this small concession, if you aren't either of those two, then I accept the possibility that you are a genetic (Down's Syndrome) retard. While I would like to imply that all the cocks you've allowed to be buried in your ass probably gave you brain damage, I'm aware that's not biologically possible. (even if it would really explain how your tiny chimp brain operates)

    5. Re:Best browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Funny then, that the open source version is 1000% shittier than the closed source version. Again, just further proves what everyone says which is that open source is a terrible way (the worst way in fact) to write software. Open source has set back our industry by 20 years.

      You're a fucking idiot. You having a nice day there on the MS Campus? Don't deny it.. You're a fucking MS employee or shill. Or, and I'll grant you this small concession, if you aren't either of those two, then I accept the possibility that you are a genetic (Down's Syndrome) retard. While I would like to imply that all the cocks you've allowed to be buried in your ass probably gave you brain damage, I'm aware that's not biologically possible. (even if it would really explain how your tiny chimp brain operates)

      some open source projects would be better if advocates were not such assholes.

  4. Apple apostrophes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can anybody explain what really causes Apple's apostrophes not to render? Slashdot definitely supports the correct character: ’. It's consistent with them being double encoded.

    1. Re:Apple apostrophes by msmash · · Score: 1

      macOS and iOS, by default, use curly quotation marks -- we support straight quotation. You can change it by going to keyboard settings.

    2. Re:Apple apostrophes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      UTF-8 vs Unicode

    3. Re:Apple apostrophes by viperidaenz · · Score: 1

      UTF-8 is unicode. It's one method of encoding unicode characters as multi-byte sequences.

      The problem is going to be either:
      Apple doesn't correctly set the Content-Encoding header when it makes HTTP requests
      or
      Slashdot doesn't correctly support the content encoding being set.

    4. Re:Apple apostrophes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I just demonstrated curly quotation marks, here are some more: “ ‘ ”. The problem is absolutely not that Slashdot doesn't support the characters.

    5. Re:Apple apostrophes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What encoding are they using? Whether it's UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32, the right single quote is encoded as 27.

      Is it certain that Apple is not escaping characters unnecessarily?

    6. Re:Apple apostrophes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oops, that's the apostrophe that's 27.

      The right single quote would be encoded as three characters in UTF-8 but only one character in UTF-16 or UTF-32.

  5. And as a bonus, deeper inspection of your goodies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and who doesn't want their goodies in the hands of the tongue-wagging G-head intern? Words? Pft! Pictures of your goodies, of course.

  6. Abuse of monopoly search position by WaffleMonster · · Score: 1

    The primary reason Google chrome malware has the market share it does is persistent scare/nag campaigns against competing browsers by those using Google.

  7. Checked the new Audits panel feature by viperidaenz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ran the audit against this page
    5 vulnerabilities found in the Javascript libraries. 1 medium in jQuery 1.3.2, 3 high's in jQueryUI 1.7.2 and a medium in Handlebars 3.0.0

    Overall audit scores high and low:
    SEO: 91%
    Performance 21%

    I see where the priority lies.
    That's with ad-blocking turned on too, I'd hate to see how bad it is without Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin

    Good on ya /., you suck.

    1. Re:Checked the new Audits panel feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This.... is... SEOOOOOOOOOOo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. Chrome is a solid target now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Chrome having bested every other browser is clearly a solid target for malware. Its why I decided against using Chrome anymore because its just to attractive of a target these days.

  9. UBlock & all browser addons = BUSTED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject & https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... & addons = easily detected & blocked by webmasters + run in SLOW usermode (vs. hosts in FASTER kernelmode as part of the IP stack itself) & NO SINGLE addon does as much as hosts & hosts do so for FAR LESS too!

    * NOT HOSTS FILES THOUGH https://apple.slashdot.org/com...

    APK

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  10. For best possible hosts file? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject: Via APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux/BSD h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p

    Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any 1 solution (99% of threats use hostnames vs. IP address most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!

    Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" slowing u hosts speed u up 2 ways: Adblocks + Hardcode fav. sites u spend most time @ vs. competition w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads slowing u (messagepass 'souled-out' to advertisers easily detected & blocked addons + firewall filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploit!

    * ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI 4 Linux/BSD (soon 4 MacOS)!

    (Better vs. Windows model)

    APK

    P.S.=> Protects vs. scripts/trackers (kernelmode faster vs. usermode slower NoScript vs. 3rd party script)/ads/DNS request tracking + redirect poisoned or downed DNS/botnets/malware download/malcript/email malicious payload

  11. Hosts efficacy recently vs. threats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject & results in https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://linux.slashdot.org/com... https://news.slashdot.org/comm... https://apple.slashdot.org/com... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://search.slashdot.org/co... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://apple.slashdot.org/com... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://science.slashdot.org/c...

    * That's only recently while I've been on Linux (July 2018) & 100's of times vs. MANY other botnets/malwares etc. in the past circa 2006-early 2018 while I was on Windows: CONCRETE VERIFIABLE UNDENIABLE REALITY (see those links as proof). ... & that's ONLY what /. reported on (there were FAR more)

    APK

    P.S.=> "It's working: Neville... it's working!" - "I AM LEGEND" + HOSTNAME USE IS DOWN IN MALWARE https://unit42.paloaltonetwork... (my ACT OF FAITH is JUSTIFIED by fact)... apk

  12. Security pros etc. QUOTED on hosts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    "classic Windows hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot domains" - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-new-player-joins-coinhive-on-the-browser-cryptojacking-scene/ - BLEEPING COMPUTER

    ZD NET http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-a-hosts-file-to-improve-your-internet-experience/ "Hosts files really shine by letting you block ads, spyware sites, malware sites, & tracking sites"

    SANS ("A related approach to the DNS issue is to create a hosts file on each system that sends requests for spyware to some place else" hosts by myself & RAMU right @ START of "malware explosion" mid 2005 on) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di...

    Aryeh Goretsky/ESET/NOD32: hosts = good security https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7442373&amp.cid=49747129/

    Oliver Day (SYMANTEC/SECURITYFOCUS) http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/491/

    Spybot S&D uses hosts!

    APK

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  13. Even CHINA copied me (vs. DNS down/redirected) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Who did it 1st: China or me? I did - dates are my proof https://theregister.co.uk/2017... w/ the FACT China rampantly STEALS U.S. Intellectual properties & military secrets!

    * IMITATION truly IS the SINCEREST FORM of FLATTERY!!!

    (... & proves hosts work vs. DNS faults in tracking you via dns request logs (since you avoid it & resolve FASTER locally using hosts) + DNS being downed OR Kaminsky REDIRECT security flaw misdirected poisoned (or vs. DNSChanger))

    US issues DNS redirect is HUGE danger (not w/ hosts vs.) https://threatpost.com/gov-war...

    APK

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  14. Registered /.ers reviews #1/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell February 17, 2017

    Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising and malvertising is quite valid - by JazzLad April 20, 2016

    his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant August 10 2015

    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 September 25 2015

    I like your host file system by Karmashock September 09 2015

    that APK guy, I use his host file by rogoshen1 Tuesday March 03, 2015

    I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017

    * For the Win32/64 model...

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient/better MERGE feature too - More coming... apk

  15. Registered /.ers reviews #2/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Apk has the answer for that - really... kill automatic updates by adding a hosts file entry setting updates.steam.com or whatever to 127.0.0.1. You have to find the right hostname for each software you want to block updates on by raymorris (2726007) on Friday July 06, 2018

    APK your posts on this and the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error and/or bad advice by BlueStrat (756137) on Wednesday June 21, 2017

    I support APK's stand on the hosts file and can't see why it's not used more than it is. My hosts file is 144247 lines long (4,332 Kb) it & a firewall serves me very well - by Trax3001BBS (2368736)

    ABP is insufficient as a solid hosts file does everything APK reminds us about fast turtle September 17 2013

    You need APK's hosts file - by Teun (17872) on Wednesday August 06, 2014

    * For the Win32/64 model...

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk

  16. Registered /.ers reviews #3/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    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 on Saturday May 16, 2015

    APK solution STILL relevant Thud457 June 11 2015

    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

    APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good at the moment - by Culture20 on Thursday November 17

    you're right about hosts files - by drinkypoo (153816) on Thursday May 26

    APK, I know people give you a lot of shit regarding hosts, but please don't ever stop - by nasredin (958927) on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:34PM

    * For the Win32/64 model...

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk

  17. Registered /.ers reviews #4/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    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

    get around to 'installing' a hosts file list, not sure which one, likely the one from someonewhocares.org. If it works as well as what I used for a while about ten years ago, I'll be happy. And grateful to APK for the lesson and the reminder. - by kermidge (2221646) on Wednesday March 27

    I actually went and downloaded a 16k line hosts file and started using that after seeing that post, you know just for trying it out. some sites load up faster. - by gl4ss (559668) on Thursday November 17

    dammit MS, you proved APK right about something by lgw

    * For the Win32/64 model...

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk

    1. Re:Registered /.ers reviews #4/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Hell yes! APK wins again! Can anyone stop this train? I think not.

      Keep it up, APK. You will lead us to a brighter tomorrow. It's time for us to bow to your greatness.

      ALL HAIL APK

  18. Registered /.ers reviews #5/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    (APK) is still right a hosts file really does work. It even blocked a some of the video ads that were inserted into a stream OrangeTide February 10 2016

    the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017

    I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017

    I've never tried to belittle (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good - by BronsCon (927697) on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:48PM (#51491263)

    (Toss on 100,000++ users worldwide too!)

    * For the Win32/64 model...

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature... apk

  19. NEWSFLASH on UBlock & ALL addons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject as to your comment on UBlock & ABP (useless now) vs. https://developers.slashdot.or...

    * :)

    APK

    P.S.=> Can't DO THAT to custom hosts files https://developers.slashdot.or... as they don't RUN in a SLOWER usermode browser (increasing messagepass overheads, ESPECIALLY when you STACK multiple addons + using MORE & doing FAR LESS vs. hosts) & INSTEAD are a NATIVE PART of the kernelmode FASTER IP stack itself... apk

    1. Re:NEWSFLASH on UBlock & ALL addons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No cosmetic filtering = your solution sucks.

    2. Re:NEWSFLASH on UBlock & ALL addons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      APK's proven hosts are better than addons in speed and efficiency as he did years ago but that hosts still work now. Addons don't. It made me laugh how you tried to hide his posts with abused minusmods on his posts. He reposted them making your type look stupid, weak and powerless against him as always.

  20. How about custom compiles that remove audio/video? by MetricT · · Score: 1

    I was sitting in a meeting with my laptop reading CNN, when a video busted out and I did the Walk of Shame to take my laptop outside.

    I have multiple adblocks, multiple autoplay blocks, have twiddled with Chrome settings multiple times to block autoplay, with zero long-term success since asshole advertisers are determined that you *WILL* watch this fucking video, no matter what.

    A killer feature for Chrome/Firefox would be "the ability to be compiled without any audio/video support of *any* kind whatsoever", That would quickly be my browser of choice in fact.

  21. Re:How about custom compiles that remove audio/vid by AHuxley · · Score: 1

    The browser now has ads are part of the content a users wants to see.
    The ability for the browser to block ads is getting altered.
    Find a great browser that allows a users to remove ads. That can respond to ad attempts on a users browser.

    --
    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  22. UTF-8 and unicode != 1:1 interchangeable terms. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    UTF-8 is a SUBSET OF unicode, not the same as, not a superset. Words are not interchangeable like that when being pedantic.

    1. Re:UTF-8 and unicode != 1:1 interchangeable terms. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Lets apply some education and see if it sticks. If it does then we can just put you down as ignorant and education will have cured you. Alternatively, if education is non-curative then that is because your are stupid. The gold standard cure for stupidity is death.

      UTF-8 is an 8-bit interchange encoding of Unicode. UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE are 16-bit interchange encodings of Unicode. UTF-32, UTF-32LE, UTF-32BE are 32-bit interchange encodings of Unicode. UTF-64, UTF-64LE UTF-BE are 64-bit interchange encodings of Unicode.

      Thus endeth the lesson. Are you cured now or is further treatment required?

    2. Re:UTF-8 and unicode != 1:1 interchangeable terms. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "UTF-8 is an 8-bit interchange encoding of Unicode" = your words repeating and proving exactly what I said, shorthand, is correct : it's a subset of the superset, Unicode. Derp on you for dithering, but I appreciate you teaching people who don't know about 16/32/64.

      Dx2^5
        Xor
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    3. Re:UTF-8 and unicode != 1:1 interchangeable terms. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Lets apply some education and see if it sticks. If it does then we can just put you down as ignorant and education will have cured you. Alternatively, if education is non-curative then that is because your are stupid. The gold standard cure for stupidity is death.

      *Let's *you

       

      Ready for your cure?

  23. UBlock & all browser addons = BUSTED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject & https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... & addons = easily detected & blocked by webmasters + run in SLOW usermode (vs. hosts in FASTER kernelmode as part of the IP stack itself) & NO SINGLE addon does as much as hosts & hosts do so for FAR LESS too!

    * NOT HOSTS FILES THOUGH https://apple.slashdot.org/com...

    P.S.=> To CHATTERING do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" TWATS who will STALK me here by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon posts - GET ON TOPIC & quit STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous troll posts, loons - Make a Wheel (as I have multiplatform) instead https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... vs. wasting your time (after all, YOU can't STOP me doing the RIGHT thing - &, I clearly am per 100++k users of my work in this program alone)... apk

  24. Re:How about custom compiles that remove audio/vid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They do not give a shit if you watch the video or not. They just want the advertizing revenue.

    I'd suggest you get a real browser (such as Firefox) and get rid of that Chrome shit.

  25. For best possible hosts file? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject: Via APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux/BSD h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p

    Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any 1 solution (99% of threats use hostnames vs. IP address most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!

    Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" slowing u hosts speed u up 2 ways: Adblocks + Hardcode fav. sites u spend most time @ vs. competition w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads slowing u (messagepass 'souled-out' to advertisers easily detected & blocked addons + firewall filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploit!

    * ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI 4 Linux (soon 4 MacOS)!

    APK

    P.S.=> Protects vs. scripts/trackers (kernelmode faster vs. usermode slower NoScript vs. 3rd party script)/ads/DNS request tracking + redirect poisoned or downed DNS/botnets/malware download/malcript/email malicious payload

  26. Hosts efficacy recently vs. threats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject & results in https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://linux.slashdot.org/com... https://news.slashdot.org/comm... https://apple.slashdot.org/com... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://search.slashdot.org/co... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://apple.slashdot.org/com... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://it.slashdot.org/commen... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... https://science.slashdot.org/c...

    * That's only recently while I've been on Linux (July 2018) & 100's of times vs. MANY other botnets/malwares etc. in the past circa 2006-early 2018 while I was on Windows: CONCRETE VERIFIABLE UNDENIABLE REALITY (see the links as proof). ... & that's ONLY what /. reported on (there were FAR more)

    APK

    P.S.=> "It's working: Neville... it's working!" - "I AM LEGEND" + HOSTNAME USE IS DOWN IN MALWARE https://unit42.paloaltonetwork... (my ACT OF FAITH is JUSTIFIED by fact)... apk

  27. Security pros etc. QUOTED on hosts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    "classic Windows hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot domains" - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-new-player-joins-coinhive-on-the-browser-cryptojacking-scene/ - BLEEPING COMPUTER

    ZD NET http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-a-hosts-file-to-improve-your-internet-experience/ "Hosts files really shine by letting you block ads, spyware sites, malware sites, & tracking sites"

    SANS ("A related approach to the DNS issue is to create a hosts file on each system that sends requests for spyware to some place else" hosts by myself & RAMU right @ START of "malware explosion" mid 2005 on) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di...

    Aryeh Goretsky/ESET/NOD32: hosts = good security https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7442373&amp.cid=49747129/

    Oliver Day (SYMANTEC/SECURITYFOCUS) http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/491/

    Spybot S&D uses hosts...

    APK

    P.S.=> Malwarebytes' hpHosts hosts & RECOMMENDS my program forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4290

  28. Even CHINA copied me (vs. DNS down/redirected) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Who did it 1st: China or me? I did - dates are my proof https://theregister.co.uk/2017... w/ the FACT China rampantly STEALS U.S. Intellectual properties & military secrets!

    * IMITATION truly IS the SINCEREST FORM of FLATTERY!!!

    (... & proves hosts work vs. DNS faults in tracking you via dns request logs (since you avoid it & resolve FASTER locally using hosts) + DNS being downed OR Kaminsky REDIRECT security flaw misdirected poisoned (or vs. DNSChanger))

    US DHC issues DNS redirect is HUGE danger (not w/ hosts vs.) https://threatpost.com/gov-war...

    APK

    P.S.=> Folks, It's NOT EASY being "World-Class" like me (lol - 100,000++ users prove it for me) - enjoy the fruits of my labors for FREE + going FASTER/SAFER/MORE RELIABLY online (w/ a bit more anonymity too via my program)... apk

  29. Registered /.ers reviews #1/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell February 17, 2017

    Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising and malvertising is quite valid - by JazzLad April 20, 2016

    his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant August 10 2015

    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 September 25 2015

    I like your host file system by Karmashock September 09 2015

    that APK guy, I use his host file by rogoshen1 Tuesday March 03, 2015

    I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017

    * For the Win32/64 model.

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient/better MERGE feature too - More coming... apk

  30. Registered /.ers reviews #2/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Apk has the answer for that - really... kill automatic updates by adding a hosts file entry setting updates.steam.com or whatever to 127.0.0.1. You have to find the right hostname for each software you want to block updates on by raymorris (2726007) on Friday July 06, 2018

    APK your posts on this and the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error and/or bad advice by BlueStrat (756137) on Wednesday June 21, 2017

    I support APK's stand on the hosts file and can't see why it's not used more than it is. My hosts file is 144247 lines long (4,332 Kb) it & a firewall serves me very well - by Trax3001BBS (2368736)

    ABP is insufficient as a solid hosts file does everything APK reminds us about fast turtle September 17 2013

    You need APK's hosts file - by Teun (17872) on Wednesday August 06, 2014

    * For the Win32/64 model.

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk

  31. Registered /.ers reviews #3/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    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 on Saturday May 16, 2015

    APK solution STILL relevant Thud457 June 11 2015

    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

    APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good at the moment - by Culture20 on Thursday November 17

    you're right about hosts files - by drinkypoo (153816) on Thursday May 26

    APK, I know people give you a lot of shit regarding hosts, but please don't ever stop - by nasredin (958927) on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:34PM

    * For the Win32/64 model.

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk

  32. Registered /.ers reviews #4/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    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

    get around to 'installing' a hosts file list, not sure which one, likely the one from someonewhocares.org. If it works as well as what I used for a while about ten years ago, I'll be happy. And grateful to APK for the lesson and the reminder. - by kermidge (2221646) on Wednesday March 27

    I actually went and downloaded a 16k line hosts file and started using that after seeing that post, you know just for trying it out. some sites load up faster. - by gl4ss (559668) on Thursday November 17

    dammit MS, you proved APK right about something by lgw

    * For the Win32/64 model.

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk

  33. Registered /.ers reviews #5/5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    (APK) is still right a hosts file really does work. It even blocked a some of the video ads that were inserted into a stream OrangeTide February 10 2016

    the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017

    I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017

    I've never tried to belittle (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good - by BronsCon (927697) on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:48PM (#51491263)

    (Toss on 100,000++ users worldwide too!)

    * For the Win32/64 model.

    APK

    P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature... apk

  34. Re:How about custom compiles that remove audio/vid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Its a shame Firefox does not have a plugin that allows NOSCRIPTs to run. Am I right?

  35. Computer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Chrome 72 removes support for Chromecast setup on a good computer. To set up a Chromecast, you'll now need to use a tiny computer with a shitty OS.

    FTFY

  36. Chrome removes support for Chromecast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They won, they finally won, now I'm done trying to understand anything.
    I now expect announcements such as these :

    - Uber drops support for hiring cars
    - Youtube drops support for uploading videos
    - IRS drops support for paying taxes

  37. Thanks to JOOgle? I win... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject (proves how STUPID they are) & this https://developers.slashdot.or...

    * :)

    APK

    P.S.=> LOL! apk

  38. So be it: Then I abuse any who do... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & HOW SO via https://developers.slashdot.or...

    * :)

    APK

    P.S.=> Mozilla (under Google "$" imo & what I've heard) tried to & this is the cure for HTTPS slow you down soon to be broken bs (SSL to TLS anyone?) in parameters in about:config

    network.dnsCacheEntries 0
    network.trr.mode to 5 (SHUTS IT OFF)

    Which under HTTPS "pushing" (Joogle like drugdealers do) stalled hosts - NOT anymore & as long as Mozilla allows reparameterization on initialization (which good software does)? I've NO PROBLEM w/ them & use FF under KUbuntu/Linux... apk

    1. Re:So be it: Then I abuse any who do... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Brilliant! Thank you APK for your insights. We all benefit from your posting, as always.

      btw you can call Google "Joogle" for now, if you wish, but you may wish to change your tune when Jews worldwide (even Zionists) are forced by circumstances to serve you and your causes. They can only deny the inevitable for so long. Prepare for the day when you must direct their energies towards a better tomorrow. You are the leader we need that makes it all possible.

      ALL HAIL APK

  39. Re:How about custom compiles that remove audio/vid by jpaine619 · · Score: 1

    Why don't you just mute the audio for the whole computer?

  40. Re:How about custom compiles that remove audio/vid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "I was sitting in a meeting with my laptop reading CNN.."
    Does this answer your question?

  41. Re:How about custom compiles that remove audio/vid by gl4ss · · Score: 1

    fyi just mute the whole chrome while in office.

    --
    world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  42. UBlock & all browser addons = BUSTED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject & https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... & addons = easily detected & blocked by webmasters + run in SLOW usermode (vs. hosts in FASTER kernelmode as part of the IP stack itself) & NO SINGLE addon does as much as hosts & hosts do so for FAR LESS too!

    * NOT HOSTS FILES THOUGH https://apple.slashdot.org/com...

    P.S.=> To CHATTERING do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" TWATS who will STALK me here by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon posts - GET ON TOPIC & quit STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous troll posts, loons - Make a Wheel (as I have multiplatform) instead https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... vs. wasting your time (after all, YOU can't STOP me doing the RIGHT thing - &, I clearly am per 100++k users of my work in this program alone)... apk

  43. NEWSFLASH on UBlock & ALL addons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject as to your comment on UBlock & ABP (useless now) vs. https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...

    * :)

    APK

    P.S.=> Can't DO THAT to custom hosts files https://developers.slashdot.or... - hostsy don't RUN in a SLOW usermode browser (increasing messagepass overheads, ESPECIALLY when you STACK multiple addons + using MORE & doing FAR LESS vs. hosts) & INSTEAD are a NATIVE PART of a kernelmode FASTER IP stack itself... apk

  44. I do my best to... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Keep the web clean & stop others from being infested/robbed + stop "spreading the disease" https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (w/ 'musical accompaniment' from Queenryche via their tune of the same name) via work I've done that DOES work & has always done more to give users more speed/security/reliability/anonymity online using what you have NATIVELY already (not "Bolt-on-'MoAr'" ILLOGIC-LOGIC full of security issues & slowdown (DNS/Antivirus)) especially when hosts files do MORE for LESS vs. ANY SINGLE OTHER "so-called 'solution'"...

    * On 'serving a cause': I'm being of service to others & society (imo, this is a "CIVIC DUTY" we should all perform IF POSSIBLE when one has ability to do so). I'm just doing what a person with the ability to do so, SHOULD be doing!

    I.E. - In the spirit of MAKE A WHEEL https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... & others w/ ability ought to strive to do the same (it betters YOU too + the world for others AROUND YOU).

    APK

    P.S.=> JOOgle's PERFIDIOUS (proving it now in fact) - they only serve themselves & THEIR CAUSE (which isn't their own & that's ALL I am saying - they aren't here to SERVE YOU - they'll serve you for DINNER instead)... apk

  45. I win so YOU don't lose... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject: I do my best to keep the web clean & stop others from being infested/robbed/"spreading the disease" https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (w/ 'musical accompaniment' from Queenryche via their tune of the same name) via work I've done that DOES work & has always done more to give users more speed/security/reliability/anonymity online using what you have NATIVELY already (not "Bolt-on-'MoAr'" ILLOGIC-LOGIC full of security issues & slowdown (DNS/Antivirus)) especially when hosts files do MORE for LESS vs. ANY SINGLE OTHER "so-called 'solution'"...

    * On 'greatness'? I'm "not that great" - I can "get a job done": One that needs doing, that's all.

    Again - you ought to all @ least TRY do the same, pay it forward.: I'm being of service to others & society (imo, this is a "CIVIC DUTY" we should all perform IF POSSIBLE when one has ability to do so). I'm just doing what a person with the ability to do so, SHOULD be doing!

    I.E. - In the spirit of MAKE A WHEEL https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... & others w/ ability ought to strive to do the same (it betters YOU too + the world for others AROUND YOU).

    APK

    P.S.=> JOOgle's PERFIDIOUS (proving it now in fact) - they only serve themselves & THEIR CAUSE (which isn't their own & that's ALL I am saying - they aren't here to SERVE YOU - they'll serve you for DINNER instead)... apk

  46. UBlock & all browser addons = BUSTED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... & addons = easily detected & blocked by webmasters + run in SLOW usermode (vs. hosts in FASTER kernelmode as part of the IP stack itself) & NO SINGLE addon does as much as hosts & hosts do so for FAR LESS too.

    * NOT HOSTS FILES THOUGH https://apple.slashdot.org/com...

    P.S.=> To CHATTERING do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" TWATS who will STALK me here by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon posts - GET ON TOPIC & quit STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous troll posts, loons - Make a Wheel (as I have multiplatform) instead https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... vs. wasting your time (after all, YOU can't STOP me doing the RIGHT thing - &, I clearly am per 100++k users of my work in this program alone)... apk

  47. I win so YOU don't lose... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: I do my best to keep the web clean & stop others from being infested/robbed/"spreading the disease" https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (w/ 'musical accompaniment' from Queenryche via their tune of the same name) via work I've done that DOES work & has always done more to give users more speed/security/reliability/anonymity online using what you have NATIVELY already (not "Bolt-on-'MoAr'" ILLOGIC-LOGIC full of security issues & slowdown (DNS/Antivirus)) especially when hosts files do MORE for LESS vs. ANY SINGLE OTHER "so-called 'solution'".

    * On 'greatness'? I'm "not that great" - I can "get a job done": One that needs doing, that's all.

    Again - you ought to all @ least TRY do the same, pay it forward.: I'm being of service to others & society (imo, this is a "CIVIC DUTY" we should all perform IF POSSIBLE when one has ability to do so). I'm just doing what a person with the ability to do so, SHOULD be doing!

    I.E. - In the spirit of MAKE A WHEEL https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... & others w/ ability ought to strive to do the same (it betters YOU too + the world for others AROUND YOU).

    APK

    P.S.=> JOOgle's PERFIDIOUS (proving it now in fact) - they only serve themselves & THEIR CAUSE (which isn't their own & that's ALL I am saying - they aren't here to SERVE YOU - they'll serve you for DINNER instead)... apk