Google ads why?

[JJoe]

(Mar. 14, 2012 01:55 AM)Mele20 Wrote:  I never got sprawled results.

I'm not saying that you can't see. Just that you may have been using releases that had not been fixed, http://prxbx.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=1849 http://prxbx.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=1810 .

It doesn't matter, however.

Code:

[Patterns]
Name = "Google Search: Alternate column display  12.03.13 (multi) [sd ku] (d.s)"
Active = TRUE
Multi = TRUE
URL = "$TST(hCT=*html)(www|encrypted).google.(*/)+{1}(intl/(*/)+{1}(^?)|search\?(^tbm=isch|*\&tbm=isch)|webhp|(^?))$SET(keyword=$TST(keyword=\1.(i_layout:[#*:0].)+\2)\1.i_layout:2.\2)"
Limit = 2048
Match = "(^?)$SET(a=)$SET(b=)$STOP()"
        "|"
        "(<td class=$AV(j)$SET(classj=1))+"
        "<br>(\r\n+|\n\r+| <$SET(classj=)(^)|$TST(classj=1))$SET(1= )"
        "|"
        "<("
        "/b> of (about )+<b>[0-9,]+</b> ((from|over the) $NEST(<b>,</b >) )+for <b>( <b>)+[^<]+"
        "&&((<*>|?)+{95})\2???$SET(1=<\2...)*"
        ")"
        "|"
        "</style >(^$TST(b=s))$SET(b=s)$SET(1="
        "</style>\r\n<script type="text/javascript">"
        "var prxSpics=["http://local.ptron/sidki_h_$GET(cfg)/Google/google-","
        "new Image(),new Image(),new Image()];"
        "prxSpics[1].src=prxSpics[0]+"bug.png";prxSpics[2].src=prxSpics[0]+"top.png";"
        "prxSpics[3].src=prxSpics[0]+"new.png";"
        "</script>"
        "\r\n<style id="themed">\r\n"
        "/* Proxomitron "Google Alternate" CSS import */\r\n"
        "@import url(http://local.ptron/sidki_h_$GET(cfg)/Google/google-css-alt.css);\r\n\r\n"
        "/*prox-dummy*/</style>\r\n"
        ")"
        "|"
        "<div ("
        "id=("
        "$AV(ie6tb)>$INEST(<div,</div)</div >( $NEST(<script,</script >))+"
        "|$AV(exp_msgs)$INEST(<div,</div)</div >"
        ")"
        "|style=$AV(margin : -5px 0 5px)$INEST(<div,</div)</div >"
        ")"
        "|"
        "<(div|li)\2 class="
        "$AVQ(("+g)\#((\s*|")\#|))("
        "((^ style=$AV(margin-(left|right)*))($TST(a=odd)$SET(a=even)|$SET(a=odd))|)$SET(3=$GET(a))"
        ")(*<a)\#"
        "(*( href=$AV(/interstitial\?url\=h\9|((*/)+{1}/(*/)+{1})\9?*|*))\5*</a >)\4"
        "($TST(\9=t$SET(0="
        "<a href="h\9"><img src="http://local.ptron/sidki_h_$GET(cfg)/Google/google-bug.png""
        " width=16 height=10 border=0 title="Malware warning!"></a>&#160;&#160;"
        ")*|$SET(0="
        "<a href="\9"><img src="http://local.ptron/sidki_h_$GET(cfg)/Google/google-top.png""
        " width=10 height=10 border=0 title="Go to top domain"></a>&#160;&#160;"
        ")*)|)"
        "$SET(1="
        "<\2 class=\#&#x20;\3\#\#\4&#160;&#160;\0"
        "<a\5 target="_blank"><img src="http://local.ptron/sidki_h_$GET(cfg)/Google/google-new.png""
        " width=14 height=10 border=0 title="Open in new window"></a>&#160;&#160;"
        ")"
        "|"
        "<div class="sfbg nojsv" style="top:30px"></div>"
        "|"
        "<div class="sfbgg"></div>"
        "|"
        "<div style="position:relative;height:29px;z-index:2">"
        "$SET(1=<div style="position:relative;z-index:2">)"
        "|"
        "<a (^(^href=$AV(https+://*encrypted.google.com*) >"
        " <img src(*>&&*alt=$AV(\2)*)))"
        "$SET(1=<a id="logo" )"
        "|"
        "<a (^(^href=$AV(https+://www.google.com*) >"
        " <img src=\"/logo(*>&&*alt=$AV(\2)*)))"
        "$SET(1=<a id="logo" )"
        "|"
        "<a (^(^href=$AV(/search*) >"
        " <img ([^>]++src=\"/logo*>&&*alt=$AV(\2)*)))"
        "$SET(1=<a id="logo" )"
        "|"
        "<div id="logocont""
        "$SET(1=<div)"
Replace = "\1"

(Mar. 14, 2012 01:55 AM)Mele20 Wrote:  I have a related question.

http://proxomitron.info/45/help/External...ialog.html .
The "Test" may not work for you, so don't worry about it.

(Mar. 14, 2012 01:55 AM)Mele20 Wrote:  I have also been told that if I install NoScript on Fx then Google will not be able to use location techniques to locate my town.

I don't think so. NoScript may keep you from seeing what Google knows about you but they still have your IP address. Also, I'll guess that some Google users, maybe some of your neighbors, actually log in and tell Google where they and you are.

(Mar. 14, 2012 01:55 AM)Mele20 Wrote:  So, that is another alternative to ProtectedSearch. I had NoScript for awhile several years ago and didn't stick with it with long enough, I think, to get to like it. Plus, I am told that certain Hosts file lists protect privacy better than proxo now too. You say I am behind which is likely true but, I am getting the impression Proxo is lagging in privacy protection. If I bypass Proxo at Panopticlik on Fx 10, the results show me lost in the crowd. But with this latest filter set, I am worse off than with Sidki's earlier sets. I am even more UNIQUE (if that is possible). I think that is awful and to me, Proxo, should make me "lost in the crowd" not make me unique so I am a sitting duck for tracking! Panopticlick cannot tell that I have Flash, etc enabled for Fx10 IF I BYPASS Proxo, but with Proxo and this latest filter set, it sees every plugin and also says Supercookies are being set! With Proxo bypassed, Panopticlik says javascript is disabled for supercookies. Maybe I can adjust some filters on Proxo to improve fingerprinting score but I'm not sure what I need to adjust (and there is that damning browser string that makes me totally unique. Proxo should not set that unique string). At least, at first glance, it appears that Proxo fights with Fx10 as far as the privacy changes in Fx10. I didn't notice this on Fx4 that I still use on my host machine because none of the privacy changes are on that version.

I don't think this set has changed that much.

Not to be combative but I often wonder if people understand the way things work. Passing some tests at panopticlick doesn't mean you are hid.

For instance, to disable some "supercookies" I set "dom.storage.enabled" to false in Firefox's "about:config" a long time ago. However, I understand that this makes me more unique. I know that panopticlick says that 1 in 8.59 browsers have this setting but I will bet that most people don't know about "about:config" let alone "dom.storage" or even "panopticlick". Same for blocking plug-in discovery. Most people simply do not do the things that I/we do.

You could change the user-agent in User-Agents.ptxt but there are many other things that can be used to identify you. All set users share this setting but there may be only one in Hawaii.

I think what is needed is an approach that allows us to enjoy using our computers.

Assuming that websites have our IP addresses and that most of us only have a couple of computers working at once,
we would like to keep sites from collecting and sharing valid information about where we came from, where we are going, and what we did. Except! when it is to our advantage to do otherwise.

Consider, there is a site that uses files from Google. By checking the headers, I know that all Google knows is that somebody at my IP address may have (I cache hard) downloaded some files. I could block the unnecessary files with the Proxomitron, Ghostery (I guess), maybe Hosts, etc but why bother? Google already knows that we use Google. BTW I think, one of these files is rendered inert by Sidki's filters.

We need to watch for problems and share findings.

To do much more will require something like Tor, disabling plug-ins, etc.

HTH

Edited for spelling panopticlick