[OU] blocking doubleclick

[Hugh Burns]

After I ran this utility (which I recommend)
http://whattheyknow.cs.wpi.edu/

I found these 13 third party tracking sites from my visit to csmonitor.com

dblclick, g-analytics, quantserve, atdmt, omniture, scresearch,
g-syndication,
interclick, qmarket, specclick, zedo, specmedia, bnet.

I have Opera version 9.93 set to never accept cookies.
How can I block these sites?

Thanks,
Raleigh

[Julian]

Hello Hugh,

Post by Hugh Burns
After I ran this utility (which I recommend)
http://whattheyknow.cs.wpi.edu/
I found these 13 third party tracking sites from my visit to csmonitor.com
dblclick, g-analytics, quantserve, atdmt, omniture, scresearch,
g-syndication,
interclick, qmarket, specclick, zedo, specmedia, bnet.
I have Opera version 9.93 set to never accept cookies.
How can I block these sites?
Thanks,
Raleigh

This brings other questions. Why were you
visiting csmonitor.com? Are you using a two-way
firewall, like ZoneAlarm?

I ask the question about two-way firewalls
because a good one will detect a tracking cookie trying
to send info back to another place. The MS firewall is
very good but is a one-way firewall in being able to
block entry to your computer.

ZoneAlarm Free is just as good as the MS firewall
in blocking attempts to gain entry to your computer.
ZoneAlarm also will block programs and files from
gaining access to the Internet. It does this by asking
whether it is all right for any program to access the
Internet, as well as accessing the Trusted Zone, and
whether you want it. This makes it much harder for
foulups to happen; not impossible, but harder.
ZoneAlarm keeps a log showing all the attempts made by
programs both trying to enter and trying to gain
outside access, with your response to its queries.

Lastly, have you contacted the Webmaster of
csmonitor.com to tell him or her about those cookies?
The Webmaster may not be aware of their existence and
may want to eliminate them from the site.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Julian.

[Hallvord Steen]

Post by Hugh Burns
I have Opera version 9.93 set to never accept cookies.
How can I block these sites?

Hi Hugh,

if you have Opera set to never accept cookies, then you're already blocking these sites.

The "whattheyknow" test can not check to see if doubleclick set a cookie on your computer. They can only infer that from seeing that you have visited a site they know is using doubleclick. They should probably include some tests for what your *actual* cookie settings are to give end users correct information :-)

HTH..

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From: Hugh Burns <***@bellsouth.net>
To: Opera users group <opera-***@opera.com>
Sent: Sun, 14 February, 2010 23:15:48
Subject: [OU] blocking doubleclick

After I ran this utility (which I recommend)
http://whattheyknow.cs.wpi.edu/

I found these 13 third party tracking sites from my visit to csmonitor.com

dblclick, g-analytics, quantserve, atdmt, omniture, scresearch, g-syndication,
interclick, qmarket, specclick, zedo, specmedia, bnet.

I have Opera version 9.93 set to never accept cookies.
How can I block these sites?

Thanks,
Raleigh

--"See things as they are .... and not as they may seem,
look within and see behind, know the heart ....
and read the mind." - author unknown
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[Bessenyei Balázs]

Hi Hugh,

The other solution is to use the internal ad blocker to block the scripts
download location, you can find them embedded into the page source. I do
the same with Google`s analytics script.
Also at least upgrade to 9.64, it corrected a few security related bugs,
if you for some reason unable to upgrade to 10.10

BR

Post by Hallvord Steen

Post by Hugh Burns
I have Opera version 9.93 set to never accept cookies.
How can I block these sites?

Hi Hugh,
if you have Opera set to never accept cookies, then you're already blocking these sites.
The "whattheyknow" test can not check to see if doubleclick set a cookie
on your computer. They can only infer that from seeing that you have
visited a site they know is using doubleclick. They should probably
include some tests for what your *actual* cookie settings are to give
end users correct information :-)
HTH..
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Sent: Sun, 14 February, 2010 23:15:48
Subject: [OU] blocking doubleclick
After I ran this utility (which I recommend)
http://whattheyknow.cs.wpi.edu/
I found these 13 third party tracking sites from my visit to
csmonitor.com
dblclick, g-analytics, quantserve, atdmt, omniture, scresearch, g-syndication,
interclick, qmarket, specclick, zedo, specmedia, bnet.
I have Opera version 9.93 set to never accept cookies.
How can I block these sites?
Thanks,
Raleigh
--"See things as they are .... and not as they may seem,
look within and see behind, know the heart ....
and read the mind." - author unknown
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