Re: [OM] OT: Yet Another Google Intrusion

[Chuck Norcutt]

Mozilla runs on a shoestring.  Perhaps Google is paying Mozilla to embed 
the Google function in Firefox.
Chuck Norcutt


On 7/4/2015 3:51 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> > Isn't Opera supposed to be the most stripped down browser?  Would that run 
> > better on dialup?
>       Hmmm...  I'll look into that.
>
>       In the meantime, I recalled that there already is a URL-blocking function built 
> into Windows.  It's a text file named "hosts", with no extension.  In WinXP 
> it's in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc folder.  You can edit it yourself to include 
> URLs that you want to block.  It's been a part of Windows since day one, but hardly 
> anyone is aware of it.  You can download a large version of it from the web.
>
>       My firewall has a number of editable URL blocking files, and I make good 
> use of those.
>
>       I don't like the idea of this Google safebrowsing as it gives them the 
> opportunity to eavesdrop on your internet usage, which is no different than 
> keylogging malware.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>       - Hunter S. Thompson
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