Just tried to download something on a friends computer. I had no idea there were that many fucking pop ups, re-directs, even fake fucking down loads, not to mention of course the top and side of the page being nothing but porn.
For any one who still sees any of that shit: you don't need to! My setup is Firefox with Ghostery, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin , and NoScript Security Suit (and Bypass Paywalls Clean, usefull but not security related) . Nothing will track you and you'll never see another ad.
Edit: Got back to my computer. Forgot I don't use NoScript anymore, it's not needed with the others and can make some websites really janky.
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yeah I know there's some overlap with those extensions but they don't interfere with each other so no reason not to run all of them.
Adblockers are a must with those sites, but also if you search for torrents using QBittorrent you don't have to visit them at all.
Yeah, a lot of the internet is a mess without adblocking. It’s honestly impressive how trash some sites look.
I use a VM to do any pirate stuff. It complicates things forensically and fuck the feds with a cactus.
If I get anything bad on the VM, I can just revert to a snapshot.
Furthermore, I dump everything in an encrypted NAS. Make everything as difficult for law enforcement as possible. I have it all pretty seamless on my actual set up. My bare metal machine never touches the underworld. I don't even come here in my PC.
Virtual Box is free and effective. You can paste VM Ware, which has some nice features and might be a bit easier to use. Microsoft Hyper-V is ass.
I used to use ghostery but something compelled me to stop several years ago.
It tracks what ads get blocked and sells that data to advertisers. Ublock origin completely supersedes it.
:agony-minion: lmao did not know that about ghostery
something something The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors
god bless gorhill/ubo
My setup is Firefox with Ghostery, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin , and NoScript Security Suit (and Bypass Paywalls Clean, usefull but not security related)
could you explain, as if I'm a kid, what each of these things do?
the only one I use is uBlock, and I just think of it as "adblocker"
All of my weekend relaxers have kicked in so I don't have enough active brain cells to be coherent. I'll get back to you in the morning unless some one else can tag in for me.
