Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:01:53 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site? Message-ID: <201212042102.OAA15657@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <50BE5FDF.7010604@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net> <CAGBmCT4CGXAOH6dS6V0-gN_iMa5gqcF4M-7KJXZ3=YiqM_2jcA@mail.gmail.com> <8C4CD043-64B0-45F5-9E71-9CE0860E6097@langille.org> <CAOjFWZ4d4imxUOuKdLXFU-9hPj7vnQBCfM5LRdv2WgYwK7QtYQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBmCT7Wm=iNKiw=bn%2Bu4Z2ot%2BjQhAHA1d3foCKP=COLTihOVQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgmZ7ohFREX6SoPGU-vPX6J3e=fz9q0zTu-B8ciou36dEQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBmCT57UQjf10mNaYpTmF8krSK6nKTSuU%2Bo3yccspV5u3F9Ew@mail.gmail.com> <50BE5FDF.7010604@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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At 01:41 PM 12/4/2012, Matthew Seaman wrote: >If you're unhappy about websites that pass your details on to >advertizers and you don't want to have to trust that all those sites out >there have correctly implemented 'Do Not Track' then I heartily >recommend the RequestPolicy plugin for FireFox. The downside is that the >first time you go to a new site, you'll have to set which sites you >allow the site your visiting to cross-site too, but that can be quite an >eye-opener in itself. (Works well with NoScript too.) I actually use several such plug-ins. However, the average user does not; in fact, most users do not even know how to activate the "Do Not Track" header (which Google's lobbyists in DC have advocated that Web sites ignore). It seems to me that The FreeBSD Project should be on the side of security, privacy, and good ethics. Just because it has received contributions of labor from Google does not mean it should not sell out to it. Just my $0.02. --Brett Glass
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