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Unable to block twitter button !! Clicking block it does nothing And using Options and adding ALL widgets also does NOT work either. The setting to block twitter button does NOT set properly.
What going on? Why can ghostery not accept blocking the twitter button?
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What browser are you using (name and version), and which version of Ghostery do you have?
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Thanks for your reply. FF 3.6.28 and Ghostery 2.72.
I am purposely using the older FF and that version of Ghostery is, I think, the latest one that runs with this version of FF.-
We can't guarantee support on a version that out of date.. at the very least try and get to Ghostery 2.9.6
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I was afraid of that. We use the older FF versions to have this machine the same as our old W2k machines where 3.6.28 is the last FF version which will work. I have seen that there is a registry change that is supposed to will allow versions of FF up thru v 14 & maybe beyond to work on the older W2k machines, though. But that gets me into the "new" less suitable FF changes. It's a bummer all the way around. Sometimes I wonder if I should go over to PaleHorse or something?
Is Ghostery v 2.9.6 the latest? If not, how do I get older Ghostery versions?
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If you still have Windows 2000 machines connected to the Internet, you've got bigger problems. Given that support ended nearly four years ago, you should be giving serious thought to some sort of migration plan.
However, there are several ways to keep working with obsolete software, even after you've upgraded to something modern that has security support. If you still have old hardware kicking around, something like RealVNC [www.realvnc.com] or TightVNC [www.tightvnc.com] can be used to control it remotely. Older operating systems can be run on contemporary hardware using virtualization software, such as VirtualBox [www.virtualbox.org] or VMware [www.vmware.com]. You shouldn't have to be stuck with the least common denominator.
You are correct that 2.7.2 is the last stable release that will work with Firefox 3.6.x; 2.9.6 requires Firefox 6.0 or later. (Note that no version of Firefox with a major version less than 24 is considered safe to use today.) The most recent Ghostery as of this writing is 5.2.0-rc6. All published versions are available here:
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Eric,
Thanks for your replies and the information. Our other older machines actually present very little security problems under our circumstances. And we have certain legacy items seem to require being run on the older OS's. They are behind a router stack, with very good FW & AV and Malware software. We do love "No Script" and I believe that any site that wants to use JS should tell each user exactly what sites for which they require JS. And not just tell naive users to "enable JS".
Not to argue, but there are a lot of aspects to security. We maintain fairly to very strict security policies and we block a lot of stuff that presents vulnerabilities. IE No flash, no facebook, etc etc. And I have no real like for the current FF approaches. Not the least annoying being their forced updates. It often seems that the "newest & cutest" present serious vulnerabilities.
My point being that there are too many "hot trends" snuck into newer software which degrade one's overall security as much if not more than viruses can. Witness Cannonical's association of their searches with Amazon, MS W8 and possibly W7 associating local searches to Bing. And the list goes on and on.
However this situation may simply mean that I/we need to have a front end that stays "modern" and the main work machines isolated behind that front end? Would that mean running my regular stuff on my antiques and using them to VNC to a sacrificial front end machine with a new OS?
Kind of ironic wouldn't that be?
Thanks for your replies and insight on this. What more can you tell me about this "twitter button" & what is the price of not being able to block it? -
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I have a hard time defending the use of older OSes unless they're being used for something like industrial control, where the necessary drivers (or whatever) aren't available for later systems. (Of course, you generally don't fall into that trap if your procurement process is competently managed.)
I also don't believe any intelligent, educated, sane people choose Windows because they actually want Windows; it's more like they tolerate it because it's needed for whatever application(s) they happen to be interested in.
I don't know the nature of your "legacy items" (nor do I care), but, depending on what they are, they may be compatible with Wine [www.winehq.org] or CrossOver [www.codeweavers.com].
JavaScript becomes a necessity when web authors use certain toolkits (such as jQuery) and/or AJAX functionality. I also see "more than should be necessary" on sites created before mainstream browsers incorporated today's CSS functionality.
People who don't want Firefox breaking stuff they depend on every six weeks should be using the Extended Support Release.
This doesn't excuse you from installing updates, since they often contain fixes for critical security vulnerabilities.
Canonical fumbled things badly with 12.10, although you could simply remove unity-lens-shopping to rectify this. It does appear they've finally gotten privacy-by-default beaten through their thick skulls, but you won't actually see it until sometime after the 14.04 LTS release. Comparing this incident with viruses isn't fair; this was simply about corporate greed trumping social responsibility, subsequent mishandling of an embarrassing situation (of their own making), leading to an entirely preventable PR disaster.
I was assuming the "modern" machine would pull the marionette strings, but the reverse ("thin client") works too. Hint: install plenty of RAM in your new machine.
There's nothing special about Twitter Button; there's just a limit on how many trackers you can block (prior to Ghostery 5.0.1).
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