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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. David Carroll  🦅‏Verified account @profcarroll Jan 4

      David Carroll  🦅 Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Choose an adblocker carefully. The two most popular ones are not necessarily the best choices. Most popular one is paid unknown millions by adtech to enable trackers by default. Furthermore, no one knows who owns the second most popular one.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/948991510372007936 …

      David Carroll  🦅 added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      If you're an ordinary user worried about #meltdown and #spectre exploits: the usual guidelines apply. Update your software and use an ad-blocker. The lessons here important. Performance and security are inevitably in tension, and in my view, it is past time we chose security.
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      6 replies 24 retweets 30 likes
    2. Matt Stempeck‏Verified account @mstem Jan 4
      Replying to @profcarroll

      Which major do you recommend?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. David Carroll  🦅‏Verified account @profcarroll Jan 4
      Replying to @mstem

      I use @betterblocker for Safari on iOS and macOS and for other browsers I use @Ghostery (meticulously preferenced) and @ublockorigin and also @brave and many like @PrivacyBadger for FF but I find it too clunky tbh

      3 replies 4 retweets 10 likes
    4. Lewis Dexter Litanzios‏ @ldexterldesign Jan 13
      Replying to @profcarroll @aral and

      hey, may want to reconsider[0] that Ghostery recommendation. Regards. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery  > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliqz  > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Burda_Media … #ldl_activism #ldl_ethics #ldl_technology #ldl_softwarepic.twitter.com/I9wjn9iBlL

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    5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jan 13
      Replying to @ldexterldesign @profcarroll and

      (Indeed. I believe that’s why David qualified it with “meticulously preferenced”. The hypocritical bullshit of adtech industry cohorts like Ghostery and AdBlock Plus was the reason Laura and I felt compelled to create Better.)

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Lewis Dexter Litanzios‏ @ldexterldesign Jan 13
      Replying to @aral @profcarroll and

      Hey, Yea, did see that, curious on his preferences Any plans for cross platform Better? Cheers

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jan 13
      Replying to @ldexterldesign @profcarroll and

      Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

      Laura and I are concentrating our efforts on Indienet/iGent and maintaining Better this year. No new platforms for Better planned. That said, we do generate an Easylist version of the block rules that you could use, e.g., in uBlock Origin (no support):https://twitter.com/aral/status/892137744398508032?s=17 …

      Aral Balkan added,

      Aral Balkan @aral
      Replying to @aral
      So now you can play around with it if you have uBlock Origin, etc., and you know what you’re doing. More info: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/361407  pic.twitter.com/VG5ACzMw92
      4:23 AM - 13 Jan 2018
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