* Posts by geeboh

8 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jul 2014

Malware menaces poison ads as Google, Yahoo! look away

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Block all ads, blackhole ad domains

Advertisers poisoned the pot a long, long time ago with their abusive practices. This has worked out pretty well for those of us who have blocked ads for years. But just blocking ads isn't really enough - to really lock things down it's also important to block advertiser domains. Block the entire domain in either the router (if your router supports it), or in your firewall. Worst case null-route them in your hosts file.

Sure, advertisers know that people are doing this and they buy new domains all the time. So it pays to every so often check random webpages for third-party content that may be advertisers, trackers, or anything else that doesn't directly provide useful content on a page. Blackhole those domains.

Teach everyone you can about how to block ads and domains. If enough people did this then the advertisers would stop serving up malware, and either begin to act ethically or disappear entirely.

Adobe: We REALLY are taking Flash security seriously – honest

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If the major porn sites stopped using Flash it would be history by this weekend.

YouTube flushes Flash for future flicks

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Re: Flash = DRM

DRM is like using a cracker for a screwdriver. It's not even a case of using the wrong tool for the job, it's not even relevant to the job it's been tasked with. Seriously, DRM is one of the worst knee-jerk inappropriate responses to a problem in the entire history of problems.

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This is good news, but Flash won't really disappear completely until porn sites stop using it.

So whither Microsoft? If Nadella knows, he is keeping it well hidden

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Re: @Ashton Black

Well, they did come up with MS Bob on their own. We all know how that went - those of us that even remember.

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WTF is Lumia

Lumia? LOL never even heard of it before this article! I guess the MS PR staff needs refreshing.

Kickstarter unplugs iFind miracle battery-free locator

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Re: I have no opinion on this project, but

Not that it makes any difference but what makes you think he was gay?

Google kills its successful social network. Yes, we mean Orkut

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Google+ MASTER RACE