Solution to Google's problems: block their scripts and cookies except when necessary?

Hell, I'd take the cash and go with it. Everyone else is tracking me for free, so why not?

Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

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My main complaint about all this tracking has long been that it's done on the down-low and without any real benefit to the victim. If you want to be retarded and sell your personal info, however, that's your decision to make.

Well, you ARE the product. Someone should be paying for you.

But I honestly think the next generation is flat-out too farking stupid to realize what they are giving up, so Google, Facebook, and whoever else is just going to collect this shiat for free.

Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

There were several from what I remember. One I used had a banner ad showing at all times on your desktop and it tracked mouse movements and keyboard activity. With a little ingenuity you could game the system and get the monthly max of payments. I wonder why oh why this business model didn't last?

But they just pay you in internets so what's the point?

Well may as well get paid for it.

Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

NetZero gave you free dial-up internet for suffering through their advertising. That's a kind of payment.

I have about 6 browsers on my computer. FF for work, Chrome for personal stuff/dicking around/social, and I keep one Mozilla browser that no one uses (SeaMonkey) for Adult-themed browsing. I use IE, etc. for other functions.

It keeps everything separate from a remarketing/cookies standpoint and I'm kind of OK with having the data on the respective browsers out there. When I'm in my work browser, I get ads relevant to things I do for work. Personal browser gets ads based on my personal interests. Porn browser gets porn.

MightyPez: Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

There were several from what I remember

AllAdvantage was the first. To your point, you could easily run 4 different banner ads from different companies. Add in a program like Jigglemouse, and anyone with a packard bell and a netzero account could bank something like $80 - $120 / mo.

Oh, Slashdot...

Unless I'm reading this wrong, this device is basically just a router and sits in between the other router/modem-like-thingy your ISP gives you. Well, since AT&T gave me a router when I had them install fiber, couldn't I just route around Google's black box when I didn't want them to know where I was going and then collect their money anyway?

Google's new policies concerned me.

I did some looking and found

www.IXQUICK.com

and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the searches, and heartened by their business plan which seems dedicated to my privacy.

Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

Purple monkey dishwasher wallet buddy?

Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

There was several. The one I used was Alladvantage. It was very easy to abuse.

rebelyell2006: Solution to Google's problems: block their scripts and cookies except when necessary?

Nope. Duckduckgo.com. Google blocked scroogles scraper so duck is the search engine that doesn't track you now. Their search box doesn't even have autocomplete.

Why is this scary Subby? It's consumer choice. Google is paying to see customers like porn, who cares.

Eh my infomation has been sold out many times. Since I didn't like it I just started taking surveys and putting in random BS. Once the surveys were sold off to people tracking companies my information started to change in their databases.

/I'm 25 and live in the central us
//According to various people trackers. I'm 65, I live on 123 Fake St. in Anchorage, Ak.

I was getting mail about hearing aids and joining the AARP but it seems to be a very rare occurrence these days,

Why is this a bad thing? It should be a good thing!

You private info is a commodity that shouldn't be allowed to be sold without your consent and appropriate compensation. Congress should legislate that soon.

There's million dollar companies that only server to mine you for data and sell it to a third party. Why the hell shouldn't you get a say and get a cut.

You cannot track my interests based on my Google searches.

Pretty much by definition, if I need to search for something it's not part of my primary interests.

Jerkwater: I have about 6 browsers on my computer. FF for work, Chrome for personal stuff/dicking around/social, and I keep one Mozilla browser that no one uses (SeaMonkey) for Adult-themed browsing. I use IE, etc. for other functions.

It keeps everything separate from a remarketing/cookies standpoint and I'm kind of OK with having the data on the respective browsers out there. When I'm in my work browser, I get ads relevant to things I do for work. Personal browser gets ads based on my personal interests. Porn browser gets porn.

Why SeaMonkey, what's the draw?

I, for one, welcome our Google AdSense overlords.

MightyPez: Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

There were several from what I remember. One I used had a banner ad showing at all times on your desktop and it tracked mouse movements and keyboard activity. With a little ingenuity you could game the system and get the monthly max of payments. I wonder why oh why this business model didn't last?

I remember this. I had one of those automated mouse movers and key clickers and would dial into the internet at night and let it go while I slept. I made quite a bit of beer money in college from this. Good times...

I really find it hard to care what google knows about me. I mean google has to handle so much information about people that the only thing they can really do with it is set up computers review it all to run targeted ads and that sort of thing. I mean it is not like there is some guy in california watching all the searches and looking at all the addresses in gmail, and making notes about me to blackmail me in the future with.

And even with all that information most google ads are crap. I mean even if I go out of the way to look at the ads in my gmail, which most of the time I don't they are pretty much random garbage that I don't really care about. And that is with a gmail account, a picasa account my address in google maps an igoogle page and google reader. With all of that information they have on me the ads they hit me with are still super lame and super easy to ignore.

I use Adblock Plus, and NoScript. I still deleted all of my Google accounts when they changed their policy. I've been using Bing more often anyhow, and block them, too.

mechgreg: I really find it hard to care what google knows about me. I mean google has to handle so much information about people that the only thing they can really do with it is set up computers review it all to run targeted ads and that sort of thing. I mean it is not like there is some guy in california watching all the searches and looking at all the addresses in gmail, and making notes about me to blackmail me in the future with.

It's not what google knows, it's who they sell it to (or hand over). You can think well what do I care if company X knows what I buy or what I +1 or what product terms I use in my emails and I'd agree with you. What concerns me is the obvious abuse this can lead to as the U.S becomes more and more oppressive in its laws. Suddenly this type of info can be used against someone to destroy character.

For example. You're in a custody battle and the lawyer pulls up a report of all the "obscene", "illegal" "communist" etc web sites or searches you do? What products you buy, who you associate with twisted into implying what a terrible and dangerous parent you are.

Fabric_Man: Back in the late 90s there was some company that paid you to put a popup on your computer. Anyone remember what it was called?

I forgot, but I do remember netzero (ads for internet service).