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Internet browsers, are they selling off?
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2019-05-06 at 6:19 PM UTCRecently i saw some headlyne about how Google Chrome was going to stop supporting adblock extensions. Now, i don't know if that's true or false, which is part of what im asking here, but what I do know is than, ever since it's last update, Mozilla Firefox browser just kicked off my NoScript and my Adblock, stating that those addons were too old and not supported anymore, and that i had to remove and replace them. However, when i go into the extensions page to look for and download th new versions, they do appear in the lists and appear as downloadable, but when I click "add extension to firefox" it always either pops this message about my download having failed or it straight up sends the entire tab to "page not found", so I started using chrome instead, and much to my surprise, i was actually able to use my NoScript and Adblock.
Now, provided this is something they might do, as now Goodle owns youtube and many other pages and they all have ads, it makes sense that they might want people stop using adblock, but, does anyone know anything about this? did firefox really block these extentions now or is it just my computer? -
2019-05-06 at 6:27 PM UTCAre you on FF Quantum? They fucked something up a bit ago. It basically caused everyone's extensions to malfunction. I wasn't affected even though i have auto-updates on. But then again i mess with all my apps, especially browser to shore up the security. Maybe i wasn't affected due to some value i changed in about:config, i really haven't looked into it.
Also, a friend of mine has FF as well, but he is on Win10, basically on Windows it outright refused to install certain extensions. I would hazard to guess Microsoft is up to no good, as usual. But Windows is pretty shitty in general so who knows.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-06 at 6:48 PM UTCChrome has been denying access to Ad Nauseam for a while now, they've made it clear they're hostile towards user freedom when it represents a risk to their profit model. I wouldn't not be surprised if they axed less aggressive blockers like ABP in due time. I don't see noscript going away any time soon though, it's just not used enough for Google to care.
The firefox thing is not mozilla taking action against ad blockers, it's them being retarded, requiring phone-home extension verification (understandable I guess, it makes hijack extensions a lot harder to pull off, but at the cost of essentially forbidding extension distribution except through their marketplace unless you use unstable dev builds) then letting their SSL cert expire. I spent all weekend without tree tabs manually ctrl-tabbing through like 100 tabs and wanted to kill myself by the end. But at least incompetence is better than malice, as is Google's case.
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2019-05-06 at 7:10 PM UTC
Originally posted by Sophie Are you on FF Quantum? They fucked something up a bit ago. It basically caused everyone's extensions to malfunction. I wasn't affected even though i have auto-updates on. But then again i mess with all my apps, especially browser to shore up the security. Maybe i wasn't affected due to some value i changed in about:config, i really haven't looked into it.
Also, a friend of mine has FF as well, but he is on Win10, basically on Windows it outright refused to install certain extensions. I would hazard to guess Microsoft is up to no good, as usual. But Windows is pretty shitty in general so who knows.
Well, I am actually on windows 10. Not long ago I was living somewhere where there aren't any landlines for phone or cable, and the environment makes satellite com unreliable because it's always so cloudy. In order to connect, my house was using a mobile broadband reciever, which was also shit because this place is so remote the nearest mobile repeaters are almost 100 km away, so my computer wasn't able to do it's auto update shit, both because the internet was shite and also because I had set on the "mark this network as a metered network" thing. However, two things happened. Apparently, windows 10 is made so that if you haven't done any updates in a long time it will start malfunctioning in order to force you to update, and also, stupid Bit Defender antivirus kept on restoring the values and reactivating windows update automatically. I recently moved to a new location and hired a broadband landline, so now i can connect properly and i allowed my computer to do those pesky updates I had been avoiding for so long in an attempt to have the damn thing working properly again. It turned out it didn't work, and the firefox thing is just one of many issues now, ranging from wifi card malfunctions caused by the computer creating ghost virtual wireless receivers and connecting to them instead of connecting to the true one, to trouble with many of my computer programs, which ltimately i had to uninstal and reinstal. -
2019-05-06 at 7:27 PM UTCOf course. Everyone sold out a long time ago. The early days of the internet were so cool.
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2019-05-06 at 7:28 PM UTC
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2019-05-06 at 7:35 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Not really everything was slow as fuck.
I used dialup for like 10 years. But, google still gave honest search results that weren't completely biased towards communists/corporations. youtube didn't have all the ads, windows didn't suck as much. Most people on forums were still smart and coherent at the time.
Ah back in the day. -
2019-05-08 at 12:22 AM UTC
Originally posted by Anal Scratch Hemorrage Well, I am actually on windows 10. Not long ago I was living somewhere where there aren't any landlines for phone or cable, and the environment makes satellite com unreliable because it's always so cloudy. In order to connect, my house was using a mobile broadband reciever, which was also shit because this place is so remote the nearest mobile repeaters are almost 100 km away, so my computer wasn't able to do it's auto update shit, both because the internet was shite and also because I had set on the "mark this network as a metered network" thing. However, two things happened. Apparently, windows 10 is made so that if you haven't done any updates in a long time it will start malfunctioning in order to force you to update, and also, stupid Bit Defender antivirus kept on restoring the values and reactivating windows update automatically. I recently moved to a new location and hired a broadband landline, so now i can connect properly and i allowed my computer to do those pesky updates I had been avoiding for so long in an attempt to have the damn thing working properly again. It turned out it didn't work, and the firefox thing is just one of many issues now, ranging from wifi card malfunctions caused by the computer creating ghost virtual wireless receivers and connecting to them instead of connecting to the true one, to trouble with many of my computer programs, which ltimately i had to uninstal and reinstal.
Yeah, Win10 is just fucking cancer. I run some Ubuntu derivative as my daily OS, it's great for just about everything, and with Wine, Virtualization solutions or if you prefer a specific distro; SteamOS. Gaming on Linux is a breeze.
Here is what i would suggest though regarding your FF problem. Look in your settings for a box marked "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser". Maybe look for similar entries in about:config. If you check the box, or set the value to 'true'. FF Should be blocking AV solutions and hopefully WinDefender as well. That means those applications don't get to dictate an over-zealous security policy totally beyond your control. Unfortunately WinDefender and AV solutions run in the LOCAL SYSTEM security context so once they impose a security policy you may need the same permissions to get rid of it. -
2019-05-08 at 2:09 AM UTCThere's really nothing these fascist scum can do about it. No matter what blockers they try and block, someone will just come up with a hack that enables the block anyways, or a product that integrates without their permission. They can't win, they just think they can.
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2019-05-08 at 2:58 AM UTC
Originally posted by -SpectraL There's really nothing these fascist scum can do about it. No matter what blockers they try and block, someone will just come up with a hack that enables the block anyways, or a product that integrates without their permission. They can't win, they just think they can.
I agree with you, unfortunately the majority of people lack the technical know how to effectively counter this kind of stuff. What really bothers me about it is the fact that people who use Windows generally pay for the OS. If a person pays for a product they should absolutely have the freedom to configure that product in any way they wish. If they want more privacy, then allow the people to make those adjustments. If they want something else, then just allow the people to do that instead.
Unfortunately Microsoft can't allow it's users these freedoms, even if by right they should have those freedoms, considering they paid good money for the product. -
2019-05-08 at 4:16 AM UTCAnyway since we're on the topic. Here is some stuff you can do to try to stop some of Microsoft's faggotry.
Open an administrative command prompt. Which will start you off at C:\Windows\system32 if i recall. Type in: notepad Drivers/etc/hosts
This should open notepad with the host file. Paste the following at the bottom and save it.
0.0.0.0 a.ads1.msn.com
0.0.0.0 a.ads2.msads.net
0.0.0.0 a.ads2.msn.com
0.0.0.0 a.rad.msn.com
0.0.0.0 a-0001.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0002.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0003.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0004.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0005.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0006.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0007.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0008.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 a-0009.a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 ac3.msn.com
0.0.0.0 ad.doubleclick.net
0.0.0.0 adnexus.net
0.0.0.0 adnxs.com
0.0.0.0 ads.msn.com
0.0.0.0 ads1.msads.net
0.0.0.0 ads1.msn.com
0.0.0.0 aidps.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de
0.0.0.0 a-msedge.net
0.0.0.0 apps.skype.com
0.0.0.0 az361816.vo.msecnd.net
0.0.0.0 az512334.vo.msecnd.net
0.0.0.0 b.ads1.msn.com
0.0.0.0 b.ads2.msads.net
0.0.0.0 b.rad.msn.com
0.0.0.0 bingads.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 bs.serving-sys.com
0.0.0.0 c.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 c.msn.com
0.0.0.0 cdn.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 cds26.ams9.msecn.net
0.0.0.0 choice.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 choice.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 compatexchange.cloudapp.net
0.0.0.0 corp.sts.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 corpext.msitadfs.glbdns2.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net
0.0.0.0 db3aqu.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 df.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 diagnostics.support.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 ec.atdmt.com
#0.0.0.0 fe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net
0.0.0.0 feedback.microsoft-hohm.com
0.0.0.0 feedback.search.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 feedback.windows.com
0.0.0.0 flex.msn.com
0.0.0.0 g.msn.com
0.0.0.0 h1.msn.com
0.0.0.0 i1.services.social.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 lb1.www.ms.akadns.net
0.0.0.0 live.rads.msn.com
0.0.0.0 m.adnxs.com
0.0.0.0 m.hotmail.com
0.0.0.0 msedge.net
0.0.0.0 msftncsi.com
0.0.0.0 msnbot-65-55-108-23.search.msn.com
0.0.0.0 msntest.serving-sys.com
0.0.0.0 oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 pre.footprintpredict.com
0.0.0.0 preview.msn.com
0.0.0.0 pricelist.skype.com
0.0.0.0 rad.live.com
0.0.0.0 rad.msn.com
0.0.0.0 redir.metaservices.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 s.gateway.messenger.live.com
0.0.0.0 schemas.microsoft.akadns.net
0.0.0.0 secure.adnxs.com
0.0.0.0 secure.flashtalking.com
0.0.0.0 services.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 settings-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 settings-win.data.microsoft.com
#0.0.0.0 sls.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net
0.0.0.0 sO.2mdn.net
0.0.0.0 sqm.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 ssw.live.com
0.0.0.0 static.2mdn.net
0.0.0.0 statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 statsfe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net
0.0.0.0 statsfe2.ws.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 survey.watson.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 telemetry.appex.bing.net
0.0.0.0 telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 telemetry.urs.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 ui.skype.com
0.0.0.0 view.atdmt.com
0.0.0.0 vortex.data.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 vortex-bn2.metron.live.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 vortex-cy2.metron.live.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 vortex-win.data.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 watson.live.com
0.0.0.0 watson.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 watson.ppe.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 watson.telemetry.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 watson.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
0.0.0.0 wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
You might want to add some more, i am sure they have updated their list. While you're add it, save this paste as a .bat file and run it as administrator. And just for good measure configure your router firewall to block the domains i put in the code tags.
To stop telemetry and update shenanigans to some extent at least save the following as a .bat file somewhere on your PC.
@echo off
openfiles.exe 1>nul 2>&1
if not %errorlevel% equ 0 (
Echo You are not administrator! Right Click file select run as admin
pause
EXIT 1
) else (
SETLOCAL
REM uninstalling some sketchy updates
echo uninstalling updates, be patient...
echo Delete KB971033 (license validation)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:971033 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB2902907 (Microsoft Security Essentials)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:2902907 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB2952664 (Get Windows 10 assistant)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:2952664 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB3012973 (Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3012973 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB3014460 (Upgrade for windows insider preview / upgrade to windows 10)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3014460 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB3022345 (telemetry)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3022345 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB3068708 (telemetry)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3068708 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB3080149 (Telemetry)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3080149 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - next
echo Delete KB3112336 (monitor quality of upgrade experience)
start "title" /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3112336 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo - done.
timeout 5
REM Disable some tasks
echo Disabling tasks. If you get an error, that's fine and of no consequence
timeout 3
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\AitAgent" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\ProgramDataUpdater" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Autochk\Proxy" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Consolidator" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\KernelCeipTask" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\UsbCeip" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\WinSAT" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\ActivateWindowsSearch" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\ConfigureInternetTimeService" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\DispatchRecoveryTasks" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\ehDRMInit" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\InstallPlayReady" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\mcupdate" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\MediaCenterRecoveryTask" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\ObjectStoreRecoveryTask" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\OCURActivate" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\OCURDiscovery" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\PBDADiscovery" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\PBDADiscoveryW1" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\PBDADiscoveryW2" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\PvrRecoveryTask" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\PvrScheduleTask" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\RegisterSearch" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\ReindexSearchRoot" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\SqlLiteRecoveryTask" /DISABLE
schtasks /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\UpdateRecordPath" /DISABLE
echo - done
REM Kill some services
echo Killing Diagtrack-service (if it still exists)...
sc stop Diagtrack
sc delete Diagtrack
echo - done
echo Stop remoteregistry-service (if it still exists)...
sc config remoteregistry start= disabled
sc stop remoteregistry
echo Done. First time run will need a reboot for the changes to take effect.
REM shutdown -r
pause
)
And run it as administrtor. Now run;
schtasks /create /tn 'Windows Can Get Bent' /tr [path] /sc onstart /ru System
From an elevated command prompt but be sure to change "[path]" to the location of where you saved the above file. Let's say you saved it in 'C:\Users\FuckWindows' as 'main.bat', you would change "[path]" to C:\Users\FuckWindows\main.bat
Hope that helps.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-08 at 4:56 AM UTCwut is a syntax
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2019-05-08 at 5:22 AM UTCIt's just null-routing those domains through a simple hosts file, effectively blocking the browser's access to them. Takes about one minute to do.
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2019-05-08 at 5:51 AM UTCI still don't understand why Windows 10 forces so much shit on users when 5g gets here you'll see people tossing smoking computers out their windows on a daily basis. I hope we leave all these graphics bullshit to a single Os version or something... or in some form it beefs up security for a end owner.
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2019-05-08 at 6:10 AM UTC
Originally posted by STER0S wut is a syntax
I don't know what you are trying to convey here.
Originally posted by -SpectraL It's just null-routing those domains through a simple hosts file, effectively blocking the browser's access to them. Takes about one minute to do.
No Spectral, that is certainly not what 'syntax' means. And i know you know that so stop being silly. Also, it's the host file for the driver, so it's not just the browser that gets affected. And the entirety of what i posted does a bit more than just null route certain domains. -
2019-05-08 at 6:14 AM UTCLol you guys don't use Safari 😂
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2019-05-08 at 7:13 AM UTC
Originally posted by Sophie Which will start you off at C:\Windows\system32 if i recall. Type in: notepad Drivers/etc/hosts
Dear lord, for what imaginable reason does the windows OS maintain an etc directory under their legacy OS's directory's drivers directory? Windows' design is more incestuous and messy than the novels of George RR Martin. -
2019-05-08 at 7:20 AM UTC
Originally posted by Lanny Dear lord, for what imaginable reason does the windows OS maintain an etc directory under their legacy OS's directory's drivers directory? Windows' design is more incestuous and messy than the novels of George RR Martin.
Windows has like three "system" directories. System, system32 and SysWow64, depending on the architecture. Then they do some weird shit where they store driver related assemblies in a dir called assemblies, and some other driver files in a Driver directory which has all the .sys and .ini files. I don't see the logic in it. -
2019-05-08 at 8:24 AM UTC
Originally posted by Lanny I spent all weekend without tree tabs manually ctrl-tabbing through like 100 tabs and wanted to kill myself by the end. But at least incompetence is better than malice, as is Google's case.
why were you affraid to disable the signature requirements ?
Originally posted by Sophie What really bothers me about it is the fact that people who use Windows generally pay for the OS. If a person pays for a product they should absolutely have the freedom to configure that product in any way they wish. If they want more privacy, then allow the people to make those adjustments. If they want something else, then just allow the people to do that instead.
thats a socialist's mindset.
a true capitalist would expect people who are willing to pay for a product pay more for addditional bells and whistles. -
2019-05-08 at 8:43 AM UTCSoftware freedom is a fundamental human right and is not contingent on the status of software as commercial or otherwise.
