Sun Mar 29, 2020, 09:41 AM
Odoreida (1,549 posts)
Seems like a lot of scripts not related to gathering census data.
Am I a paranoid? Because I feel like a paranoid.
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Author | Time | Post |
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Odoreida | Mar 2020 | OP |
TwilightZone | Mar 2020 | #1 | |
Odoreida | Mar 2020 | #2 | |
2naSalit | Mar 2020 | #3 | |
jberryhill | Mar 2020 | #7 | |
customerserviceguy | Mar 2020 | #10 | |
TwilightZone | Mar 2020 | #4 | |
jberryhill | Mar 2020 | #6 | |
jberryhill | Mar 2020 | #5 | |
jberryhill | Mar 2020 | #8 | |
Post removed | Mar 2020 | #9 | |
MineralMan | Mar 2020 | #11 |
Response to Odoreida (Original post)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 09:47 AM
TwilightZone (19,552 posts)
1. They're ads.
Just about every website has them, including government ones.
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Response to TwilightZone (Reply #1)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 09:48 AM
Odoreida (1,549 posts)
2. So much for census data being private. n/t
Response to Odoreida (Reply #2)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 10:47 AM
2naSalit (47,426 posts)
3. +1
Exactly what I suspected would happen.
The only remedy will be for the next admin to rerun the census. It will be costly but can be done as there is a single date for which data is collected and can be replicated at a later time when actual adults are back in charge. |
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #3)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:26 AM
jberryhill (62,444 posts)
7. No. Look at the screenshot in the OP
See that toolbar? The OP runs with all that crap turned on. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #7)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:15 PM
customerserviceguy (25,148 posts)
10. Good point
I didn't notice that, because I generally expect the terminate-and-stay-resident software to show up in the lower right hand corner. Great catch there.
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Response to Odoreida (Reply #2)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:09 AM
TwilightZone (19,552 posts)
4. That doesn't mean that the ads have access to your data.
It just means that the page has links to the ads.
Financial institutions, for example, nearly all have ads on their websites. That doesn't mean that the ads have access to your bank data, even if the ads are on the pages for online banking. |
Response to TwilightZone (Reply #4)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:23 AM
jberryhill (62,444 posts)
6. It doesn't even mean that
The OP runs a browser with one do those idiotic toolbars turned on and populated by shit.
You see YouTube and Google in the list of stuff? You see YouTube and google crap in the toolbar? That’s what is going on here. |
Response to Odoreida (Original post)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:22 AM
jberryhill (62,444 posts)
5. You are not paranoid enough
That’s your freaking toolbar laden with crap. |
Response to Odoreida (Original post)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:28 AM
jberryhill (62,444 posts)
8. Here. Click on this and learn what you did to yourself...
Those results have nada to do with the census website.
https://www.google.com/search?q=browser+toolbar+spyware You have permitted a load of third party software to ride shotgun with your browser and monitor everything you do. You need to get rid of browser add-one and turn off the toolbar. |
Response to Odoreida (Original post)
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Response to Post removed (Reply #9)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 12:34 PM
MineralMan (135,995 posts)
11. Did you mean to reply to yourself?
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