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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: A privacy related idea for KDE2/Konqueror
From:       Jens Benecke <jens () pinguin ! conetix ! de>
Date:       2000-03-25 15:16:35
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On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 05:59:06AM -0600, Mike Whitney wrote:
> zoltan.sebestyen@netvisor.hu wrote:
> > You may read the article in yesterday's Slashdot about how DoubleClick
> > collects information in a very dirty way via banners/cookies. This
> > article referred the another one on CNN [see URL below] that is about
> > disabling this dirty action of DoubleClick with a little software for
> > [don't flame for mentioning the name of satan:))] IE5. It also writes
> > the idea behind the this software. This idea could be implemented for
> > Konqueror and it would make users happy and DClick clueless about what
> > happened:) http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/21/idcide/index.html
> Take a look at Junkbuster.  It blocks 97% of the ads, and allows you to
> determine who you'll accept cookies from, and who you won't.   Very easy
> to set up, too.   And, it's free, GPL, and available for most platforms,
> including Linux. http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijb.html
> I've been using it for several months, and it works very well.

Do you have a pre-set configuration? One thing about Junkbuster I don't
like is that I don't really want to search and insert all those URL
fragments.
 

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