Seriously? What's with the ads?

[rdwyer]

I use AdBlock Pro for my browser. Whenever I load this website, that are 81 ads blocked. What the heck? Seriously?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

I use AdBlock Pro for my browser. Whenever I load this website, that are 81 ads blocked. What the heck? Seriously?

IF you are talking about the banner ads, there's only 81? I thought there were more.

[rdwyer]

Leon: Another name for them would be cookies, or tracking cookies.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

Leon: Another name for them would be cookies, or tracking cookies.

Richard, if you don't like them don't click on them. They don't jump though the screen and grab your keyboard.

And to be clear NONE of the banner ads track jack diddly from my end. There is no tracking or cookies in them that I am aware of. You click on a banner and go to the site. That is it as far as I know.

[rdwyer]

I'm not talking about the banner ads.

Adblock Plus:
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Unobtrusive ads aren't being blocked in order to support websites (configurable)

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

I'm not talking about the banner ads.

If there are pop ups you probably have malware on your computer. There aren't any freaking pop ups you are talking about, that I am aware of, on this site.

One other thing, I am NOT responsible for what any Tapatalk or s/w related add on does to this site. They could embed pop ups but I won't allow them on this site.....from my end.

[Bigb13]

I use my iPhone and never have any pop ups at all

[4815162342]

Richard, ads are on most every website you visit; why are you freaking out?

[rdwyer]

Because there are 10 times more ads here than any other website I visit.

Tracking cookies track your movements. Then the info is sold off to spammers.

[gregr2]

I visit a lots of sites, the least of my worries is visiting a vintage baseball card forum.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I use Ghostery with Firefox. Ghostery lets you block any tracking sites and shows you which are active. There are only 3 tracking websites on these pages: ebay Stats, Google Analytics and Viglink.

Jeff

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I use Ghostery with Firefox. Ghostery lets you block any tracking sites and shows you which are active. There are only 3 tracking websites on these pages: ebay Stats, Google Analytics and Viglink.

Jeff

That sounds correct. They have been on here for around 5+ yrs and have been discussed before.

[slidekellyslide]

I have the same exact adblock plus (not pro) program that you're running and it's blocking 1 <-----ONE ad.

[Boccabella]

Virtually every website you visit has Google Analytics or similar type of program that shows website managers what areas of the site people are visiting, how long they're staying and what keywords were used to get there. They don't track individual users by name and they don't...and can't...track you once you leave. If you don't want anyone to know anything about what parts of the site you visit, my advice would be this: stay off the internet.

[CW]

If you want to opt out of Google analytics....

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

To get rid of spyware and malware, download these free programs and run them periodically:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

https://www.malwarebytes.org/

[Econteachert205]

As someone who has been habitually on this board and constantly leaving the screen up sometimes on multiple devices for hours at a time for a year, let me just say that none of the aforementioned devices have exploded as of yet.

[4815162342]

+1 for Malwarebytes