Privacy settings

[pc.iow]

eliot said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Why doesn't your profile show your full name then?

Click on my website, check who’s full name is in the title bar of the browser, check whois for the domain, google my name, linked in, ebay, youtube - you can find posts from me going back to 1997.
I’m an IT guy who does security - I could easily spoof loads of stuff, but I choose not to - it keeps you honest.

I just checked your profile , then googled mega squirt!
I’ll be back in five minutes.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

eliot said:

Click on my website, check who’s full name is in the title bar of the browser, check whois for the domain, google my name, linked in, ebay, youtube - you can find posts from me going back to 1997.

Fair enough. I just thought it slightly ironic, that's all.

[B'stard Child]

thetapeworm said:

PurpleMoonlight said:

JonChalk said:

AdBlock Plus gets rid of it (once set to reject all, of course!)

Mine doesn't.

Did you have to input something to it?

I added "pistonheads.com##.qc-cmp-persistent-link" and it seems to have done the trick.


Adblock > Block Element

Thank you

[rich1231]

Why are my settings which have been clearly communicated to the site owners not being respected? Why do I need to keep rejecting all the advertisers every few days as seemingly at random they reset.

[Digger]

My preferences have now been reset to Accept All. . .

[Tankrizzo]

I imagine they've made it so the choices are session-based and not keyed to user account

[trooperiziz]

https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/make-a-complain...

This link tells you how to make a complaint about breaching GDPR, which ignoring and resetting privacy settings, without the knowledge of the user almost certainly is.

Complaining in here seems to make no difference, but I suspect a few complaints through that link might get things looked at.

[CooperS]

trooperiziz said:

https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/make-a-complain...

This link tells you how to make a complaint about breaching GDPR, which ignoring and resetting privacy settings, without the knowledge of the user almost certainly is.

Complaining in here seems to make no difference, but I suspect a few complaints through that link might get things looked at.

Thank you

[Turn7]

The annoying blue bd has now gone here - same for everyone else ?

[B'stard Child]

Turn7 said:

The annoying blue bd has now gone here - same for everyone else ?

Fixed it with adblock on PC - iphone still here right over whats new

[Turn7]

B'stard Child said:

Turn7 said:

The annoying blue bd has now gone here - same for everyone else ?

Fixed it with adblock on PC - iphone still here right over whats new

Ah, I guess Ublock have also sorted it...Use Adguard on my Iphone and dont see it btw......


eta - unless my Noscript tweaks have blocked it......

[CooperS]

Turn7 said:

The annoying blue bd has now gone here - same for everyone else ?

Nope

[eliot]

CooperS said:

Turn7 said:

The annoying blue bd has now gone here - same for everyone else ?

Nope

Still got it on iphone.

Edit - just installed adguard. Stupid box and all other rubbish now gone.

Edited by eliot on Friday 20th July 07:11

[j80jpw]

Just done the same, adguard definitely does the trick!

[B'stard Child]

j80jpw said:

Just done the same, adguard definitely does the trick!

Is Adguard just for Safari - I refuse to use that on the iphone - prefer firefox

[ashleyman]

I use AdBlock Plus on desktop and haven't seen the blue button.

AdBlock Plus on the iPhone removes the ads at the bottom of the page when on mobile but doesn't touch the blue button.

[SpudLink]

I came here to complain, but instead I found a solution. AdGuard has fixed the problem.
Thanks guys.

[Monkeylegend]

I have found a use for the little blue box, it tells me when the page has stopped jumping around and is fully loaded, so I can relax and not waste my time trying to click on things that are suddenly somewhere else.

Every cloud and all that..........

[PurpleMoonlight]

It's quite funny really.

People who were putting up with the adverts are now so pissed off with the blue tab they are blocking everything.

Talk about shooting yourself in the face.

[eliot]

ashleyman said:

I use AdBlock Plus on desktop and haven't seen the blue button.

AdBlock Plus on the iPhone removes the ads at the bottom of the page when on mobile but doesn't touch the blue button.

I cleared the cached files for safari on my iphone.