Google Chrome Problems

[Closet Gro-mo]

i am a new member and today while reading through threads i clicked on one and google chrome popped up and said dont go there!, something is trying to place something malicious on your computer so i backed up and clicked on another link, nothing, surf around for a bit more and it happens again on a different thread, ive used this site and google chrome for years and ive never had that come up, ever, on any site. i recently became a member and uploaded pics of my grow and now this. my grow is not at the same location where i use the computer and when i go to my location i dont take my cell phone so i feel semi safe but can any other member who use google chrome tell me if theyve gotten the same red malware warning? 5-0 perhaps? am i being to paranoid?

 

[Closet Gro-mo]

google chrome

google chrome

can anyone recommend a new browser for me to use, i see where in my settings menu for google chrome i have a box checked that say "request a do not track" but just because ive requested it probably does not mean the are required to honer that... i definitely think i need to can google chrome, and what about search engines? are any of them safe? is it all the same risk? im starting to reget posting pics... and where i live they would come after me for just for 2 plants... it blows my mind that i can be arrested and put in prison for stuff thats legal in other states...

 

[TriWingGirl]

Don't be AFFRAID

Don't be AFFRAID

Just stop clicking on links your OBUMMER government is everywhere now.

Don't be AFRAID just stop being so trusting and stop taking pics of your crop (evidence) and for sure STOP POSTING THEM

It is better safe than sorry.


i know we are all proud of what we do, they are beautiful plants but OBUMMER only inhaled once and has his fingers in the screw you jar, leave him alone and stop playing with him.

Watch out your free speech is at risk to

 

[supermanlives]

this site is safe so faR. I aint gonna stop anything. they can kiss my ass. and ooh ya fucking free gypsy assholes

 

[hush]

 

[dddaver]

Funny? Wait....legitimate concerns. If you're not concerned, every citizen in the US should be. Actually, I have no idea where you are. Our liberty is being violated here hush. I always thought that's what America was all about. I guess I was wrong.

Startpage.com for searches. But as soon as you click on a link...

I use Firefox and a proxy but nothing is safe. Even using Tor isn't completely safe either, only puts another wrinkle in and then also red flags to LEO that something must be worth looking at there. That's weird logic, but that's the way it is right now.

I don't use Chrome only because I know Google uses/reads every piece of info that goes through their servers, even gmail, for there own benefit. And then it is only one easy step for LEO to get all that.

Now, where did I put my tin hat?

 

[hush]

I know. I'm aware. I live in the states too. But I refuse to live my life paranoid. Rights do keep getting taken away all the time. But then what happens is people get scared and they adjust to these new restrictions. Then more rights are taken away.

I on the other other hand don't give a fuck who is watching me or what they think I should act like. I live my live knowing what's right and wrong and I act accordingly. I'm not going to put on a tin hat and kowtow to the lizards who think they run shit.

Plus, as you already pointed out, they already watch us, no matter how wrapped up in security blankets we think we are. No matter how deep we have buried our heads in the sand. No matter how many thumbs we have in our mouths. They are already watching you. You use TOR? They are watching you too. Encrypting everything you send? They are decrypting it.

My point is, fuck them. Live life. Put that foil away. Turn off the TV. Don't live in fear, because that's actually the only way anyone will ever be able to control you.

Just my opinion, and stuff.

 

[dddaver]

Hush is right, it don't matter what you do, SOMEBODY can see it. I don't live in fear, I realize what's up and just don't give a shit either.

Yet there is still that nagging voice, no matter how muffled, that says, "This shit ain't the liberty we all grew up having pounded into our head as being one of the founding principals of this great country." I now just realize all that shit is complete bullshit.

And I have learned ignore that nagging little muffled voice, because I realize it is all just bullshit.

I am old enough to remember that line from 45 years ago, "You might just be paranoid, but that doesn't mean someone isn't watching you."

It's just a fact we live with, but that doesn't make it right either.

 

[Warped1]

Never had a problem showing up here. I guess if something did go bad for me I'd just pay my dues..others have.Same fight right?

 

[Cereals]

If you guys are in the USA, you should be routing your internet connection through an offshore VPN (Virtual Private Network).

A VPN is a program running on a server in another country (ideally) that you connect to from your home PC and your the internet connection from your ISP.

The VPN basically creates a "tunnel" between your PC and the VPN server, and encrypts all of the data that is being sent back and forth.

What this accomplishes is preventing your ISP (and thus the Gov) from reading wtf is going on. In order to compromise an encrypted VPN connection, the ISP/gov would need to do one of these things:

1. Control/own the VPN server/company/service - Of course this way they have complete access to the unencrypted Requests/Responses before/after the VPN has performed it's function, respectively.

2. Crack the encryption on your VPN connection - very unlikely.

This is even more secure than Tor, because you can control the equivalent of your "exit node".

Just make sure to use a VPN company that isn't secretly run by spooks.

If there is a demand, I can write up a detailed guide on how to evade digital-based privacy invasion

 

[Cereals]

There are also good browser plugins like DoNotTrackMe that will block companies like Google from conglomerating your search histories and web history based on their Analytics and AdSense products.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/donottrackme/epanfjkfahimkgomnigadpkobaefekcd

You might also want to check out Browser Footprint plugins - I'm not sure that DoNotTrackMe handles that aspect.

Basically browser footprinting is similar in concept to fingerprinting. Your browser combined with your IP and other header info can reveal your browsing habits on a somewhat vague, but still usable level.

These fuckers will take any data they can get.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

There are also good browser plugins like DoNotTrackMe that will block companies like Google from conglomerating your search histories and web history based on their Analytics and AdSense products.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/donottrackme/epanfjkfahimkgomnigadpkobaefekcd

You might also want to check out Browser Footprint plugins - I'm not sure that DoNotTrackMe handles that aspect.

Basically browser footprinting is similar in concept to fingerprinting. Your browser combined with your IP and other header info can reveal your browsing habits on a somewhat vague, but still usable level.

These fuckers will take any data they can get.

Although various companies have hyped up this Do not track thing, the truth is it doesn't block anything. It merely sends a request to whatever site you are viewing. It has no teeth and there is no obligation for the site to actually not track you.

You need collusion or maybe ghostery.
also adblock/adblock+ are crap, they allow lots of thing. Adblock edge is the one to get.

 

[Red Fang]

this Obummer stuff shows real childishness and is getting old, besides it's Dubya instead

 

[Fly by Night]

Don't be AFRAID just stop being so trusting and stop taking pics

Just called the agency, switched my appointment to outcall...was feelin uninhibited for a moment, but that buzz wore off! Peace bebe

 

[gaiusmarius]

If you guys are in the USA, you should be routing your internet connection through an offshore VPN (Virtual Private Network).

A VPN is a program running on a server in another country (ideally) that you connect to from your home PC and your the internet connection from your ISP.

The VPN basically creates a "tunnel" between your PC and the VPN server, and encrypts all of the data that is being sent back and forth.

What this accomplishes is preventing your ISP (and thus the Gov) from reading wtf is going on. In order to compromise an encrypted VPN connection, the ISP/gov would need to do one of these things:

1. Control/own the VPN server/company/service - Of course this way they have complete access to the unencrypted Requests/Responses before/after the VPN has performed it's function, respectively.

2. Crack the encryption on your VPN connection - very unlikely.

This is even more secure than Tor, because you can control the equivalent of your "exit node".

Just make sure to use a VPN company that isn't secretly run by spooks.

If there is a demand, I can write up a detailed guide on how to evade digital-based privacy invasion

yes please. it's always good to have more info about staying private as much as possible while surfing.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

this Obummer stuff shows real childishness and is getting old, besides it's Dubya instead

I prefer Obomba myself.

 

[hush]

Just make sure to use a VPN company that isn't secretly run by spooks.

Cereals, I just had to quote that statement of yours here to point out the inherent paradox within. No offense, but... seriously? How exactly do you know which VPNs are run by whom? I'm not trying to disrespect you here, because honestly, there's nothing wrong with taking steps to stay as hidden as possible if that's what you feel inspired to do... nothing wrong with giving the PTB some hoops to jump through if they are trying to nab ya.

BUT... in the interest of truth, I gotta point out that I don't see how you can ever know who is running a VPN, or who is in collusion with the owners of said VPN.

So, how DO you determine which VPN you will be using?

 

[Cereals]

@hush: well, I would recommend just using common sense really

i.e. don't use any US based companies, or any companies in places like UK where it is just as bad or worse. NOt that these are all inherently run by NSA/CIA whatnot, but a) Some of them surely are. b) They are susceptible to NSA letters (the US ones, at least).

Setup shop in NL, or Sweden, or Malaysia, etc - somewhere that is less likely to have been infiltrated.

And yes, of course you can know who is running the VPN - you can set it up yourself - after all, it's just a piece of software running on a remote computer somewhere. The nice thing about the services though is that most of them come with 20 or so different countries you can connect through so you aren't stuck with just one or a few IPs, AND there are thousands of other people using those same IPs - which should in theory make it even more difficult to pinpoint exactly who is looking at what, when, etc.

Yes, it's impossible to know who you are dealing with if it's a business though - that's why you must take a few risks, use common sense and good judgement, and hope and pray for the best

 

[Cereals]

I should clarify a bit more...

What I mean about knowing who is running the VPN, and doing it yourself - I mean here that you could rent a cheap server or VPS somewhere, say Malaysia. Now you can install the VPN software on your server there, and route all your home traffic through it.

You don't want to install the VPN on your home computer - that would be pointless

 

[Cereals]

Although various companies have hyped up this Do not track thing, the truth is it doesn't block anything. It merely sends a request to whatever site you are viewing. It has no teeth and there is no obligation for the site to actually not track you.

You need collusion or maybe ghostery.
also adblock/adblock+ are crap, they allow lots of thing. Adblock edge is the one to get.

As far as I know, DoNotTrackMe does more than just adding a Do Not Track header in the HTTP request - I think it actually identifies common advertising scripts (javascript) and strips them from your pages on the fly/blocks them from loading/communicating.

I will try reading more or look into the source code when I get a chance and see - but I think you are incorrect on that. You are correct about the Do Not Track header having "no teeth" though - it has been proposed for some time and is finally being implemented in browsers - but the other half of the problem (servers hosting sites/companies) have no legal obligation to pay any attention to the header at this time. AFAIK