Comments on: The Real Cost of the ‘Free’ Internet http://mediashift.org/2018/01/real-cost-free-internet/ Your Guide to the Digital Media Revolution Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: kgbme http://mediashift.org/2018/01/real-cost-free-internet/#comment-83439 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:59:00 +0000 http://mediashift.org/?p=149268#comment-83439 Yeah, well… Hopefully this can be done without altering the (nature of the) Internet, which is the direction in which most of the hype is leading. If you ask me, unfortunately (soon?!), we will have to move -over- to distributed systems and be networked that way; if the powers-to-be are to have their way (with inventing “Internet 2.0”), meh.

]]> By: kgbme http://mediashift.org/2018/01/real-cost-free-internet/#comment-83438 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:55:00 +0000 http://mediashift.org/?p=149268#comment-83438 At the moment (until this is ruined, too), it’s possible to use “about:config” in the address bar to configure many (Mozilla) Firefox settings and there is a (nice!) user.js file that does the same, made by gHacks, now hosted on GitHub.

With it, it’s possible to have (almost) full functionality in your browser (for example, NOT disabling JavaScript and /or -any- scripting; not (!) having to use 3rd party Add-Ons) & still be (somewhat!) protected. It *does* require quite a bit of work, even configuring their default file (I believe it’s made with the Torbrowser in mind, so there’s a lot that’s disabled – even, not enabled – that can be changed).

This way, we can use just ONE Add-On, for blocking ads, such as: 1) Adblock Plus (& their Element Hiding Helper), or 2) uBlock Origin. On the gHacks user.js GitHub Wiki page, there is a post about loading the file onto your Android device WITHOUT having to root it, it’s pretty cool!..

Anyway, just sharing the info..:) It’s *great* to be able to browse (completely!) ad-free and pop-up free – even on mobile devices, it’s a great experience. Hope it helps!

]]> By: Hans van Buuren http://mediashift.org/2018/01/real-cost-free-internet/#comment-83430 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:51:00 +0000 http://mediashift.org/?p=149268#comment-83430 Very well written. Believe it or not, even Ghostery (the company of the writer) earns money by sending the effect it has on webpages to a central database. Big companies can then buy this data to check their own websites. Also Ghostery creates reports that are sold. The net of trackers is everywhere. And Europe is about to stop all this.

]]> By: bustattmovec http://mediashift.org/2018/01/real-cost-free-internet/#comment-83429 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:51:00 +0000 http://mediashift.org/?p=149268#comment-83429 “An anonymous hooded man using a computer.” ,, well. I’m glad you told me, I didn’t see that all.

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