It's easy to disconnect from most big-tech companies: Just stop using them, install uBlock and block their domains, so other sites don't load their code.
NOT SO WITH GUULAG! Almost every site on the internet injects guulag scripts into your browser, so guulag knows every site you visit. "So what? Can't i just block guulag too?". Not quite: 80% of sites continue working, but the other 20% break functionality if you block guulag. The problem is usually ReCaptcha, owned by guulag. Even TDW itself requires ReCaptcha to register an account, so guulag knows everyone who has an account on TDW.
The other problem is, people continue to post commietube- and twitter-links, instead of using archive or screenies.
so true, the only power they have over us, is the power we give them.
I'd like more information on these scripts. Any links?
That's basic logic on how the web and internet works. No special articles to link to, because it's just web 101.
A website is basically a distributed computer program. Let's take TDW for example: Some of the code is on the TDW-server, so your computer connects to the TDW-server. Now TDW knows about you. But TDW also uses Recaptcha - mainly for registering accounts. The recaptcha code is on a google-server. So your computer connects to that server, and tells it that it needs that code for the TDW-program. Now google knows you're using recaptcha on TDW.
It's the same with all the other companies. Many websites use scripts from a dozen other companies, so those dozen other companies are informed which website you're currently looking at.
Follow up: There are browser-extensions like uBlock. Then them you can see which other domains a website is loading scripts from. With most big-tech companies you can just block loading their scripts, and the website continues working.
But with ReCaptcha that doesn't work. To again take TDW as an example: If you block recaptcha when registering a TDW-account, registration fails because you didn't answer the recaptcha correctly.
How can that be fixed? You can't. Only TDW and every website that uses Recaptcha can fix the problem, by using something else than recaptcha for security.
Unless a site is using their own local site security/anti-bot protocols a third-party will need to be utilized. Nothing is "injecting scripts into your browser" when you connect to third-parties via links, Cookies? YES and those can be blocked easily enough. With a Javascript blocker, you can essentially 'neuter' most sites today with the 'click of a button' - with the right addons and cache files are easy enough to clear.
Moreover, "almost every site on the internet injects guulag scripts into your browser" is just PLAIN WRONG/INCORRECT. I think you're confusing scripts with Cookies, which are two different things. Cookies cannot harm your browser/computer they are merely .txt files (not scripts) and can be easily gotten rid of if you know how to setup your browser and maintain it correctly.
Thanks, but I don't need a lecture on uBlock Origin, I've been using it for years, and am well aware of the multitude of connections that are being made when connecting to some sites (not all) and how to block at whim and will certain portions of sites if I don't want them connecting third-parties to me. The main defense against Third-party Cookies is to set your browser to not accept them in the first place.
TDW uses ReCapcha because it's one of the Best measures to take to assure the weeding out of Robots. Sure, one could manipulate and block IPs of known robots in the robot.txt at the root level of the domain, but even then there are still the 'bad bots' which Ignore robots.txt at the root and barge into the domain anyway. So, ReCapcha is a very good way of keeping such things away from the site.
What are you trying to do with this post? Scare the 'Non Techies'? :p
Jesus, did you even read what i said? You completely missed the point of the whole topic!
Yes, you can block 3rd-party scripts, but in the case of google this sometimes breaks functionality. And it ALWAYS breaks functionality when a site uses recaptcha: If you block recaptcha, you can't the function (such as registering an account).
The purpose of this topic is to point out, that users can rid themselves of big-tech, but getting rid of google requires support of site-admins. Only TDW can remove the ReCaptcha requirement - not users.
And by the way: Almost every other statement you made is false. Yes, 3rd-party scripts are injected into the browser. That's exactly how computer-code is executed, you moron: by loading and executing it. And javascript is executed in the browser.
And no, i'm not mistaking cookies for scripts. Almost every site uses scripts provided by google. If you actually used a scriptblocker like uBlock, and paid attention to the sites you're visiting, then you'd know that.
Also no: Recaptcha being the "bestest thing ever" changes nothing about my argument: TDW uses recaptcha, people can't bypass it (that's the point of it), recaptcha is owned by google, therefore you let google know whenever someone registers a TDW account. That's a fact, plain and simple.
When you say 'injects' I don't see it that way, but do understand the language and had no problem understanding your usage of it. To me, when talking about Browsers and Browsing, it's more like your browser runs the script once executed via first or third party links; 'injects' reminds me of 'browser hijacking BHOs' from the 90s.
Yes, blocking scripts will break functionality. True, as in when I mentioned that one could 'neuter' a site by blocking Javascripts at the browser level.
I said Captcha was one of the best, not THE best. But yes, the fact that it's still tied to 'Goog' isn't the greatest thing, there are alternatives: https://www.dtelepathy.com/blog/design/captcha-alternatives-better-ux
*I'm going to ignore that you called me a moron, because I'm above that sort of petty crap and you probably should be too, but it's your choice whether or not you want to look like an asshat.