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Public Zone 公開區 => General Topics 綜合題目 => Topic started by: chin on 29 November 2010, 00:07:31
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I have been using FF almost exclusively for about 1 year, initially because of distrust of IE. I still have IE installed however because there are some sites only work properly with IE.
For my work we have proxy servers around the world. I have been using a powerful FF addon FoxyProxy which allows me to config how I divert my traffics. I can set which pattern to use which proxy server, etc... The result was generally very good.
I especially hate ads that targets me because they made me feel being watched all the time. Now I am sitting at home and the ads would appear as if I live in London or Pittsburgh. ;D No more Chinese ads asking me to sign up Three Kingdom games when I visit a US forum.
Anyway today I was reading this web site and found another nice powerful tool Noscript that allows me to set specific permission on Java script. Therefore I can specifically allow Java script from one site but not the other. Now I can visit sites without them running funny stuff on my PC. At least not as many as before.
Just remember that Noscript installed with default trusted sites. Get rid of them right after installation, build you own list from scratch.
http://www.flatstats.co.uk/ppp/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=13612
To quote one post in the above link, and the reason I am getting more and more suspicious of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc...
Fear less of your identity being swiped by eastern block crims. Fear more of the CEOs of the biggest information hoarders on the net:
Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google
“Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”
"We don’t need you to type at all. We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about."
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
quoted when first setting up Facebook at Harvard:
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask.
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don't know why.
Zuck: They "trust me"
Zuck: Dumb f***s.
What facebook has done since then, with advertising beacons, total disregard to user privacy settings, storing of information is nothing compared to the early days in college.
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me2! I've switched to Firefox for long since I simply cannot accept the slow response of the "mouse-on" from IEs. The only problem I have using Firefox is that they have strange behaviour over MS exchange webmail that I need to use.
Well, overall a good experience using FF.
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I replace my web browser from IE to Firefox tonight, together with all those Add-ons.
My first impression is that it loads stuff faster than IE....and I start working on blocking scripts, etc.......
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I abandoned IE long time since I knew FF ages ago. I can't remember how long I've been on FF, only knew I was FF's die hard fans since it launched. And there were a lot of add-on(s) that kept my addiction to the FF.
But one day I found google launch Chrome, and I tried on it, the experience was amazing that it just get to any pages with lightning speed, and after that I no longer use FF. (and also those awesome add-ons.)
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I abandoned IE long time since I knew FF ages ago. I can't remember how long I've been on FF, only knew I was FF's die hard fans since it launched. And there were a lot of add-on(s) that kept my addiction to the FF.
But one day I found google launch Chrome, and I tried on it, the experience was amazing that it just get to any pages with lightning speed, and after that I no longer use FF. (and also those awesome add-ons.)
My main reason to use FF is not for the speed, but the for the privacy and security. I would avoid as many Google products as I can, including Chrome.
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I abandoned IE long time since I knew FF ages ago. I can't remember how long I've been on FF, only knew I was FF's die hard fans since it launched. And there were a lot of add-on(s) that kept my addiction to the FF.
But one day I found google launch Chrome, and I tried on it, the experience was amazing that it just get to any pages with lightning speed, and after that I no longer use FF. (and also those awesome add-ons.)
what kinds of Add-ons you like most??
Is Chrome much faster than FF? More details please
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It is interesting to know though I have never tried either FF or Chrome. ;)
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It is interesting to know though I have never tried either FF or Chrome. ;)
You should try FF. :)
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what kinds of Add-ons you like most??
Is Chrome much faster than FF? More details please
In terms of speed, I can't stand with FF's speed now. FF somehow falls in the problems of IE : getting bulkier, getting slower.
If I remember correctly, the addon are:
- sage (a simple RSS feed reader)
- the gdrive (something like that, treat your gmail account as a drive..)
- a global bookmarker (this one really can't remember the name, which stores your bookmarks on the net instead of store it locally)
I knew Chrome is Google's product, each time I open it I remind to myself Chrome is a piece of 'meaningful' software in a big project. But there seems little difference if my online-self has already stuck to :
Youtube(Video)
Gmail(Email)
Google Sync (with my iPhone)
Dictionary ( Google dictionary)
Maps (Google maps)
and Google Docs (online documents).
Later it will sweep my desktop, in form of Chrome OS.
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I had some friends came to my office last night, and I knew they would post pictures in Facebook. So I log in today into facebook.
FB trys to recommend 'friends' to me. I was shock to see my neighbor on the recommended list! I have her phone number, maybe spoke to her 5 times. How the hell FB knows I may know her!!! This is getting worse by the day.
More reason to block cookies and programs from FB, google, etc... Why would you guys want to use Chrome?!
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by IP address? Or they work together with the telecom providers?
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by IP address? Or they work together with the telecom providers?
no idea.
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Ok this is not about FF, but in the same theme about protecting privacy...
If you have not hear of Carrier IQ, read this
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video/
To remove, try this
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107427-carrier-iq-which-phones-are-infected-and-how-to-remove-it
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Ok this is not about FF, but in the same theme about protecting privacy...
If you have not hear of Carrier IQ, read this
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video/
To remove, try this
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107427-carrier-iq-which-phones-are-infected-and-how-to-remove-it
I really wonder whether it is merely "commercial" activities or actually some kinds of government backed actions. Though it is the worst on Android, Apples are facing the same threat.
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I really wonder whether it is merely "commercial" activities or actually some kinds of government backed actions. Though it is the worst on Android, Apples are facing the same threat.
Surely the govt encourage this.
Before 911, around 1997/8, the US govt proposed a new law to install a special chip in all network equipments. The proposal was termed "Clipper Chip" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip) and was opposed by ALL network equipment manufacturers and network service providers.
After 911, no one dare to object anything like that. Although eventually the Clipper Chip died, I am 100% a variation of it is now commonly adopted. Not just on large network routers and switches, but possible on terminal devices, like smart phones.
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Why would anybody be surprised that the US government (actually all government who is capable of doing so) is watching and logging everyone's traffic?!?!
In one of my earlier telecom projects, I met a guy who by then was retired, and he recount to me the days when he worked on secret projects including recording of ALL long distance calls in Cable & Wireless 大东电报局.
Yes nowadays the traffic volume increased hugely, but so is the mean of recording easier and cheaper. Google is doing it already, NSA is a step further in integrating all sources.
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US spies on citizens and foreigners by tapping into web and phone traffic
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1256050/us-spies-citizens-and-foreigners-tapping-web-and-phone-traffic
US spies are secretly tapping into servers of nine internet giants including Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google in a vast anti- terror sweep targeting foreigners.
Stung by a dizzying 24 hours of revelations on covert programmes, the top US spy, James Clapper, slammed disclosure of information about the scheme, and warned that leaks about a separate programme to mine domestic phone records hurt US national security.
And yesterday US President Barack Obama defended his government's secret surveillance, saying Congress has repeatedly authorised the collection of records of Americans' phone use and foreigners' internet use.
Obama said safeguards were in place and that nobody was listening to the content of phone calls. And he said the internet targeting was aimed at foreign nationals, not American citizens.
The reports came as Obama was preparing to meet President Xi Jinping in southern California, a meeting intended to address among other things complaints about Chinese cyberattacks and spying. Now that conversation will take place amid discussion of America's own vast surveillance operations.
The Guardian and The Washington Post reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) had direct access to the servers of internet firms to track people's web presence via audio, video, photographs and e-mails.
Some of the biggest firms in Silicon Valley were caught up in the programme, known as PRISM, the reports said. They were Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Apple, PalTalk, AOL, Skype and YouTube.
The Post said the leak came from a career intelligence officer "with first-hand experience of these systems and horror at their capabilities".
Internet giants, however, denied opening their doors for US spy agencies. "We have never heard of PRISM," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said.
Facebook's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, said the huge social network did not provide access to government organisations. Google and Microsoft were also adamant they only disclosed what was legally demanded.
Claims of the internet spy operation broke as Washington reeled from a report in The Guardian on Wednesday detailing an apparent operation by the NSA to capture millions of domestic phone records.
Such metadata can provide authorities with vast knowledge about a caller's identity. Cross-checked against other public records, the metadata can reveal someone's name, address, driver's licence, credit history, social security number and more.
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