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Post by Chrissie on Jan 3, 2012 22:02:27 GMT
I agree Anne, those ones are very annoying indeed  |
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Post by bel on Jan 3, 2012 22:41:44 GMT
Major eye roll at the ads that say 'You are the 9,999 visitor to this page today and have won.....blah dee blah......load of rubbish'. If anyone's gullible enough to fall for them, then they shouldn't be let loose on a computer! Photobucket tend to show that one a lot and the only reason I notice it is because the bleeping thing flashes on and off in your face, now that is annoying. > You mean i haven't won lol, have to agree fuzzy photobucket is the worse |
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Post by leftfield on Jan 10, 2012 19:18:46 GMT
Not to be weird but you guys know you can use an adblocker extension on firefox and chrome (both browsers) that gets rid of almost all ads right? I don't mean for paying to keep them off the site, I mean for personal browsing. I use adblock plus and didn't even know photobucket still used ads to be honest. Almost all sites I go to just don't show the ads anymore. It doesn't work with the internet explorer browser but it's compatable with firefox and chrome. Not trying to sound condescending or anything  |
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Post by Perpetua on Jan 10, 2012 20:38:37 GMT
You don't sound condescending have no fear Leftfield . . . technophobes like myself are always grateful for any snippets of easy to understand info.  |
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Post by Chrissie on Jan 10, 2012 21:06:29 GMT
Already use adbloker Leftie  |
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 10, 2012 21:06:49 GMT
Looks interesting leftfield, but it says it accesses all your data an all websites and your tabs and browsing activities. Don't like the sound of that, especially with websites like online banking and paypal.  |
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Post by leftfield on Jan 11, 2012 14:52:50 GMT
Looks interesting leftfield, but it says it accesses all your data an all websites and your tabs and browsing activities. Don't like the sound of that, especially with websites like online banking and paypal. It shouldn't do. Looking at the adblock pro for internet explorer it looked a little dodgy compared to adblock plus for firefox and chrome. I know adblock plus isn't compatable for IE so it's not the same company. If you're using firefox with the adblock plus extension, it uses a list of submitted "blocks" from users and developers blocking ads. It doesn't access personal information per se; it doesn't look for or store things other than what's on the list of things to block. You can disable adblock plus for specific pages as well, like online banking and paypal: For firefox - Press 'alt' > go to 'Tools' at the top of the page > hover over 'adblock plus' You'll see a "disable on (site you're on).com/uk" option that turns it off for the page you're on. It's just a plugin for firefox and chrome that makes a rule with css to block known ads, using only the "subscription" list of known ads to block. That's as I understand it anyway  where did you see that it stores personal information? |
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Post by warlordxxx - (Mark) on Jan 11, 2012 21:18:01 GMT
Chrissie time to whack another 50p in the meter again  |
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 11, 2012 21:35:27 GMT
where did you see that it stores personal information? It was when I clicked on 'Install to Chrome' (to see what would happen) It appeared in a pop up box. I've given it the benefit of the doubt and added it now. If it misbehaves, it can always be removed! Lol. It's worth a go, thanks. |
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Post by Chrissie on Jan 11, 2012 21:56:02 GMT
Chrissie time to whack another 50p in the meter again Lol Mark, I wish it was only 50p |
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 11, 2012 22:33:53 GMT
I looked at the prices Chrissie, what an extortionate rip off! I'll log out and see if this ad block is working. If it is, then everyone could install it and it wouldn't have to be paid. BRB. |
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 11, 2012 23:01:23 GMT
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Post by DiscoDes on Jan 11, 2012 23:21:11 GMT
Yup I tried it last night on some football streaming sites which are usually TERRIBLE for pop ups and it worked a treat!
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Post by leftfield on Jan 11, 2012 23:45:02 GMT
Glad it's working out for you I almost forgot the internet had ads until I saw this. It's been a while since I've seen any |
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Post by Anne (fuzzy) on Jan 11, 2012 23:45:37 GMT
Excellent. This could save the forum contributors, especially Chrissie xx from wasting money and having more vaping money. Must get priorities right. |
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where did you see that it stores personal information?
