[Chester LUG] Looks like Firefox got caught bundling adware in the browser.

[stuart at newlymintedmedia.com]

It is a minefield for sure. Trying Waterfox on the mac at the moment and it looks good. Mac only unfortunately	
Stuart Burns, vExpert, Director
Newly Minted Media Ltd
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> On 9 Oct 2017, at 21:22, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> For anyone interested in Brave's policy on adverts. They block what they term 'bad ads' and tracking with other ads. It sounds like an interesting post that recognises that websites need to make money, so blocking all ads can be seen as being unfair.
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> https://www.brave.com/about-ad-replacement/ <https://www.brave.com/about-ad-replacement/>
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> On 9 October 2017 at 15:51, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com <mailto:les.pritchard at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Have you looked at Firefox Focus? Isn't that supposed to be added free?
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> Trouble is very few companies are willing to support a modern browser without some form of income.
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> On 9 Oct 2017 2:20 pm, <stuart at newlymintedmedia.com <mailto:stuart at newlymintedmedia.com>> wrote:
> Problem is that Brave inject their own ads into other peoples content ☹ I am just trying to build Chromium for lols now 😊
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> From: Les Pritchard [mailto:les.pritchard at gmail.com <mailto:les.pritchard at gmail.com>] 
> Sent: 09 October 2017 00:04
> To: stuart at newlymintedmedia.com <mailto:stuart at newlymintedmedia.com>; chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:chester at mailman.lug.org.uk>>
> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Looks like Firefox got caught bundling adware in the browser.
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> Oh dear, that's not good. Someone recommended Brave Browser to me recently. It has a built in ad blocker. Tried it a little bit and it seemed to work well. 
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> On 8 Oct 2017 11:33 pm, "stuart--- via Chester" <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:chester at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
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> Just a quick one… Looks like FF are “experimenting” with adware/spyware bundled into the browser. Worth a read..https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/750vsm/firefox_devs_discussing_how_to_secretly_sneak_the/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/750vsm/firefox_devs_discussing_how_to_secretly_sneak_the/> Not gone in depth but it’s all a bit naughty imho.
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