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Add this to your /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com 127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com

humanfromearth 13y ago
And google.com too?
- dubcanada 13y ago
  Take it out. Node-webkit is just a bunch of JS files, just go to that directory and remove it then continue on with your day.
- MatthewPhillips 13y ago
  What danger are GET requests to google.com?
  - valarauca1 13y ago
    Websockets to google.com can be opened by iframes in your browsing to report your internet usage for google advertisements. Naturally this will also block you using google. Its more of drastic stop tracking me measurement.
ry0ohki 13y ago
Noooooooooo (An analytics junkie)
- kzrdude 13y ago
  Convince your customers to use self-hosted analytics software instead. Of course you understand the danger of a single entity (google-analytics.com) tracking almost every website you visit. I block it with Ghostery.
  - foobarqux 13y ago
    Have you ever tried setting up Piwik? It's terrible software.
    - luxpir 13y ago
      My opinion is different to yours. Piwik with Nginx was easy enough to set up and provides the data I am interested in, including conversions of goals (something I was dubious about before installing). New version even more snazzy than previous.
      - foobarqux 13y ago
        Setting up this server-side software requires GUI configuration. That's insane. The code looks nightmarish. I'm sure it's fine from a functional perspective.
  - ry0ohki 13y ago
    I'm pretty sure I'm screwed when it comes to Google tracking me, between Chrome, Gmail, Google.com, etc... Analytics is the least of my worries.
synctext 13y ago
Confirmed with WireShark. This app is a GUI around YIFY. The binary you download from Mega.co.nz uses "YIFY Torrents" website yts.re exclusively. Github code seems to be actually used. So it all runs via this single webserver (+Google analytics). Just to verify what a installed binary blob does on your Linux box. The ease of use is impressive, a new level for P2P-ish work since Napster/Kazaa/Limewire days.
laumars 13y ago
I use SomeoneWhoCares.org: curl http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
- bendavis381 13y ago
  Well that's an incredibly dangerous command to run without thinking.
  - dangirsh 13y ago
    Just curious about what could go wrong (assuming I've quickly skimmed the file)?
    - cdcarter 13y ago
      Quickly skimming the file no longer counts as "running without thinking" but even then, if the server sent a different file to browsers than it does to curl...
  - laumars 13y ago
    Obviously. But then it's incredibly dangerous to run any command posted online without thinking; at least this one is easy to understand and verify. Given the demographic of this site, I thought I'd be insulting everyone's intelligence by offering up a more verbose description. I mean the description is the command itself! And verifying the contents of the URL is as simple as viewing a web page (if anyone can't manage that then I wonder how they're reading that command to begin with :p).
  - gizmo686 13y ago
    Not nearly as dangerous as `curl <URL> | sh` With `curl http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts`, you know that the damage is contained to appending malicious data to /etc/hosts. Furthermore, the use of tee guarentees that you see the data that gets appended. Additionally the potential damage of malicious data in /etc/hosts is minimal if quickly detected and fixed.
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humanfromearth 13y ago

And google.com too?

dubcanada 13y ago
Take it out. Node-webkit is just a bunch of JS files, just go to that directory and remove it then continue on with your day.
MatthewPhillips 13y ago
What danger are GET requests to google.com?
- valarauca1 13y ago
  Websockets to google.com can be opened by iframes in your browsing to report your internet usage for google advertisements. Naturally this will also block you using google. Its more of drastic stop tracking me measurement.

ry0ohki 13y ago

Noooooooooo (An analytics junkie)

kzrdude 13y ago
Convince your customers to use self-hosted analytics software instead. Of course you understand the danger of a single entity (google-analytics.com) tracking almost every website you visit. I block it with Ghostery.
- foobarqux 13y ago
  Have you ever tried setting up Piwik? It's terrible software.
  - luxpir 13y ago
    My opinion is different to yours. Piwik with Nginx was easy enough to set up and provides the data I am interested in, including conversions of goals (something I was dubious about before installing). New version even more snazzy than previous.
    - foobarqux 13y ago
      Setting up this server-side software requires GUI configuration. That's insane. The code looks nightmarish. I'm sure it's fine from a functional perspective.
- ry0ohki 13y ago
  I'm pretty sure I'm screwed when it comes to Google tracking me, between Chrome, Gmail, Google.com, etc... Analytics is the least of my worries.

synctext 13y ago

Confirmed with WireShark. This app is a GUI around YIFY. The binary you download from Mega.co.nz uses "YIFY Torrents" website yts.re exclusively. Github code seems to be actually used. So it all runs via this single webserver (+Google analytics). Just to verify what a installed binary blob does on your Linux box. The ease of use is impressive, a new level for P2P-ish work since Napster/Kazaa/Limewire days.

laumars 13y ago

I use SomeoneWhoCares.org: curl http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

bendavis381 13y ago
Well that's an incredibly dangerous command to run without thinking.
- dangirsh 13y ago
  Just curious about what could go wrong (assuming I've quickly skimmed the file)?
  - cdcarter 13y ago
    Quickly skimming the file no longer counts as "running without thinking" but even then, if the server sent a different file to browsers than it does to curl...
- laumars 13y ago
  Obviously. But then it's incredibly dangerous to run any command posted online without thinking; at least this one is easy to understand and verify. Given the demographic of this site, I thought I'd be insulting everyone's intelligence by offering up a more verbose description. I mean the description is the command itself! And verifying the contents of the URL is as simple as viewing a web page (if anyone can't manage that then I wonder how they're reading that command to begin with :p).
- gizmo686 13y ago
  Not nearly as dangerous as `curl <URL> | sh` With `curl http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts`, you know that the damage is contained to appending malicious data to /etc/hosts. Furthermore, the use of tee guarentees that you see the data that gets appended. Additionally the potential damage of malicious data in /etc/hosts is minimal if quickly detected and fixed.
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