Subj : Re: Browser Scareware
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Dec 07 2022 13:43:00

Barry,

 BM> Yes - the initial thought is to take the helpful link presented: after
 BM> all, the computer is so smart, right?!

  Not when it comes to speech/voice recognition software. I've not yet
been able to use that, and do a complete email message, without having
to go back and correct things.

 BM> I'm not so sure AdBlock Plus is all that good: when I first started
 BM> using it a few years back it did a good job and then as time continued
 BM> it seemed ot be allowing through more ads.  Read where it now has a
 BM> list of 'approved' (read: 'paid') ad it will let through.  A few months
 BM> ago I switch to uBlock and things have quited down again.

  I took it off, and deleted all the YouTube videos...I just didn't have
time to watch them.

 BM> I've found one can sometimes use Private/Incognito Mode: sometimes
 BM> skips as not recognizing the device (no prior cookie) or have to wait a
 BM> few seconds and then can click 'skip ad'.

 BM> As for the costs, agree they have them and so need to be financed some
 BM> how.  Less might be more: five second ad at the beginning isn't
 BM> intolerable.  (The 'coming attractions' pop-ups at the very end of
 BM> video are sometimes more annoying as the block what I'm trying to
 BM> watch.)

  And, in a lot of the YouTube Videos, they insert a ton of ads in the
videos. I can't see paying $15 a month ($180 a year) just to override the
ads.

 BM> Good.  I've found the telephone spammers will use different numbers  --
 BM> half-wonder if two different spam groups or the same one,

  There are several spam prevention services for landlines and cellphones,
as well as for computers. I used to use the MailWasher Pro from Firetrust
software, but I'm on Gmail now.

Daryl

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