How to Keep Facebook Out Of Your Face - Comments Page 2

Bob, is there a very simple browser other than the main 5, that we can surf the web with and doesn't collect all this spy stuff like web bugs, cookies, search data and the like?
I understand that cookies can be useful, but combined with web bugs can track you from site to site along with your search data.
Do you see where I am going with this?

Is there a list of companies other than Facebook that voluntarily participate in the DAA program? ie: Those that honor the opt-out preferences?

I agree with Smoky. Just don't use these sites if the privacy issues concern you.

There are plenty of things on Facebook that I find annoying. Never took much notice of the ads.

ILIXIR, your comments are right on!

I don't mind the ads and I appreciate those that allow me to make a purchase that benefits animals. I love me paw print mud boots and the rugs that grab the mud from my dog's feet. If not for the ad on FB, I wouldn't have known about these products.

I do not trust the programme "Facebook" at all, so
keep away is my motto. I want as much privacy as possible when associated with the internet .

Thank you Bob for your very interesting and informative articles , Good reading always .

I use a Facebook add-on call Social Fixer. It allows a lot of control over what is displayed. Granted it does not block the underlying "snooping" but at least I don't have to look at the ads!

I just did what you told to opt--out there were 116 participating businesses and all accepted
my opt out but cox digital would not---they must not have been participating---I tried to submit it several times---no go but 115 did! thanx so much!

I see a relationship to the DO NOT CALL telephone list here in Canada. Bell Canada gives it to businesses so they know their calls are not wanted, and I don't get Canadian calls. India, though, doesn't care about little things like that and I get calls every couple of days from disreputable Canadian companies paying boiler rooms there to barrage me with East Indian voices saying "Hi, I'm Thomas and I'd like to talk to you about ..." May a tidal wave of bad karma engulf them all.

Just a thought, for those who want free lunch without giving up your personal information, your local soup kitchens are the most reliable place.
For those concerned about being snooped upon, they might want to give up using email and cell phone too, LOL, as the Snowdon controversy has revealed that you are being monitored constantly by the US government on those media, and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was spied on by the Obama administration just as well through email and cell phone conversations.

I really don't mind the ads but it has become so bloated with them that makes my CPU get too hot while on facebook luckily I found a firefox addon to customize and get rid of the ads no my CPU is idling low.

Add AdBlockPlus and Ghostery to your browser. Search through DuckDuckGo or Startpage. Job done!

You talk of seeing lots of ads for shoes, having searched for shoes. What I would like is some way of signalling, 'I've bought the shoes now. I don't need ads for any more of them!'

Right on, Alistair! I wouldn't mind those ads if they just had a button that says "I already bought it... stop wasting your money on me!"

Paid ads on any website should be limited to a percentage of the screen area or a percentage of the total page download — and then ALWAYS LOADED LAST.
If I have to wait for for any appreciable time for ads to load, I probably will never go back to that site again for information or to shop.
As far as Facebook goes, get a life --- then you won't be on it enough to notice the ads.

I've been putting up with unwanted ads for so many years I no longer really notice them much. Although it's a mystery sometimes why I get some of the ads I do seem to get. Then there was the time when I was doing some searches on Harry Potter (magic wizards) and started getting all sorts of ads for the Washington Wizards sports team paraphenalia. Not quite the same thing, ad folks...

I've used FB Purity browser add-on for a long time. Link: http://www.fbpurity.com/

From their site: "F.B. (Fluff Busting) Purity is a Facebook customizing browser extension. It alters your view of Facebook to show only relevant information to you. It removes annoying and irrelevant stories from your newsfeed such as game and application spam, ads and sponsored stories. It also hides the boxes you don't want to see on each side of the newsfeed."

No more junk on the sides! http://www.fbpurity.com/

It's always good Bob, I've heard about 'Tails' It will give you lots of secret web snooping, but do you think it could help baffle these guys just for a little fun.

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay...