On 03/25/2017 06:34 AM, David Haller wrote:
So, David, could you start with a fresh profile, install uMatrix, read its docs (once you get the basic principle[2], its quite easy and very efficient to use!). And on that specific site, no adjustments were needed, if I remember the uMatrix defaults right.
You bet I can... Thank you dnh! I've never dug nearly as deeply into the bowels of the tracking and protections as you have. I had been fairly pleased with the disabling of the background sites listed in the links, but obviously things have progressed quite a bit since those pages were written. I'm using uBlock origin currently, and had seen where uMatrix was under development and headed for release that last time I checked (? 6 months or so ago). Between NoScript and uBlock Origin, I had been happy with the protections and control over the js pages. I always laugh when sites want js enabled, and you "temporarily" enable to get part of the page functionality you need, and the holy shit, there are 50 more grubbing sites that pop up (Google, Facebook, etc..) I wouldn't enable them if you payed me, and if a site requires it, I go elsewhere. It is a race to the bottom with the scumbag data miners out there. How have we let the net get so fucked up in the last 25 years? When the first NSCA Mosiac browser came out, the net was bright and shiny-new. The maggot types hadn't learned how to exploit it yet, and it was a wonderful collaborative resource instantly made easier by html (no longer having to remember IP addresses or host-names, ftp replaced by hyper-links. Mail passwords sent in clear-text, no problems at all -- until, the maggots and moles found their way on. Sad, just like my land-line phone, it's a pay-to-be-annoyed proposition at this point... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org