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I'm glad to see Schneier leading by example in removing/hiding those pervasive share buttons. (To enable something similar for every site you go to, check out

• jrabone 14y ago
  Or if you use AdBlock, give Fan boy's Social Annoyances filter list a go.
• ge0rg 14y ago
  I am surprised he did not do that from the very beginning... I am reading his monthly newsletter and did not look at the blog too often, but on my own installations I always asked myself, how much of my users privacy I want to give up for some gain I might have (usually not much)
  • niggler 14y ago
    Many readers say they dislike seeing it on other pages, but as the author said: I especially like them because I can obsessively watch the totals see how my writings are spreading out across the Internet. It's kinda cool to watch the realtime google analytics views during a spike
• nikcub 14y ago
  > leading by example He is way behind here, and we could have used his advocacy much earlier. There have been alternate buttons, browser plugins and a movement to include no third-party scripts on the web for years. I switched techrunch.com to the two-click solution in 2008. It didn't last long because we weren't successful in arguing why you don't want scripts from third-parties loading automatically. I sure could have used a bit of backup at that time.
  • mnutt 14y ago
    If you had to compromise, what about enabling the buttons on hover? You'd still have people accidentally enabling them, but fewer than if they were auto-enabled.
• brianpan 14y ago
  I've been using Ghostery since the recent HN post [1] and I really like it. It's great to go to Schneier's site and see Ghostery report nothing. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5387380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5387380