Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:09:56 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google Chrome Message-ID: <20080908010956.GT11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <200809072343.RAA17864@lariat.net> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMEOCCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20080905023638.U53812@phantom.math.miami.edu> <48C0EB58.4060307@FreeBSD.org> <20080905140820.B8020@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <48C1F44F.7030300@FreeBSD.org> <200809072343.RAA17864@lariat.net>
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--ZcaUvQ23gCOmDTXi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 05:43:10PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > ... > You have to remember that Doubleclick has been surreptitiously=20 > collecting data on Internet users for many years.... Some more than others, I expect: g1-30(6.3-S)[4] host doubleclick.com doubleclick.com has address 127.0.0.1 g1-30(6.3-S)[5] host \*.doubleclick.com *.doubleclick.com has address 127.0.0.1 g1-30(6.3-S)[6]=20 (My internal resolvers have a file that lists domains where: * they are configured to be masters for the domains in question and * everything resolves to 127.0.0.1. It does clutter the Apache error log a bit, but otherwise tends to speed page loading, as long as one doesn't object too strongly to 404 messages in place of ads.) It's not elegant -- indeed, it's rather more like blunt force -- but it is something I find useful and having been worth the effort (so far). I expect that Doubleclick (and similar enterprises) may find it less so, were the practice to become sufficiently common. Peace, david (who doesn't use Gmail, either) --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --ZcaUvQ23gCOmDTXi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjEe2EACgkQmprOCmdXAD1RyQCeI7qxx5co/MlQE9REVYbHzD7v gkkAnRAMwVdAaI+fL0Auf1sPv/Acp7it =tzUN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZcaUvQ23gCOmDTXi--
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