On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:21:16 GMT, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Spork"
<no@no.com> wrote:
>
> it looks like there is a lot of steps for ad blocking and such. I
> downloaded the google toolbar and it seems to be the best pop up stopper
> ive tried.
[snip]

<sigh>

One More Time:

The ONLY "pop up stopper" anyone ever needs is to set up their system (and
especially their web browser) correctly. For the most part, this means
*removing* (or disabling) things, not *adding* things.

Beyond that, the Google Toolbar is itself spyware:

<http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html>

See bullet point #6, in particular.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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Appropriate Technology, Inc.
usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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