Re: Editing hosts file

From	richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: Editing hosts file
Date	2017-04-25 13:56 +0000
Organization	Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh
Message-ID	<odnkhp$31g2$1@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> (permalink)
References	<odnfo4$npe$1@dont-email.me> <odngge$2vfs$1@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> <250420170930082235%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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In article <250420170930082235%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
nospam  <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>> >There is (apparently) software deployed by a company called 'iovation' 
>> >to enable device tracking. These instructions have been given to stop 
>> >iovation and its product 'iesnare' from snooping. Do they look kosher?

>> Putting those entries in /etc/hosts should stop your computer
>> contacting them.  But why does your computer have software on
>> it that is tracking you?

>otherwise known as a web browser.

If it's a web browser then it would probably be better to use a
browser plugin.  An ad blocker should let you block these domains
without having to list all the individual hosts.

Privacy Badger is intended for this sort of thing, but you may find it
stops other sites from working.

-- Richard

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Editing hosts file Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 13:37 +0100
  Re: Editing hosts file richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-04-25 12:47 +0000
    Re: Editing hosts file Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 13:57 +0100
    Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 09:30 -0400
      Re: Editing hosts file richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-04-25 13:56 +0000
        Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 10:27 -0400
          Re: Editing hosts file richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-04-25 20:15 +0000
            Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 17:10 -0400
              Re: Editing hosts file richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-04-25 22:02 +0000
                Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 18:57 -0400
              Re: Editing hosts file news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2017-04-25 23:23 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 18:57 -0400
                Re: Editing hosts file Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-04-26 12:36 +0200
                Re: Editing hosts file news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2017-04-26 14:24 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-04-26 17:59 +0200
                Re: Editing hosts file Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2017-04-26 20:57 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2017-04-27 08:05 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2017-04-28 21:02 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-26 10:21 -0400
                Re: Editing hosts file news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2017-04-27 09:50 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-27 09:29 -0400
                Re: Editing hosts file Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-04-27 16:15 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-27 11:25 -0400
                Re: Editing hosts file Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-04-27 16:39 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-27 12:15 -0400
                Re: Editing hosts file Graham J <graham@invalid.com> - 2017-04-27 23:17 +0100
                Re: Editing hosts file news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2017-04-28 00:44 +0100
  Re: Editing hosts file nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 09:30 -0400
    Re: Editing hosts file Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 14:37 +0100

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