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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:05:30 PM EDT
[#1]
Arfcom is an ad revenue maximizing machine.
And all those link manipulations tie your arfcom profile to your irl identity. The “delete names from old posts” and username change stuff is just a smokescreen. |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:05:48 PM EDT
[#2]
I’m going to start up Vaglink. All the links are to vag.
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:06:44 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m going to start up Vaglink. All the links are to vag.  Attached FileThrow in some buttholes and I'm in. |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:09:24 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Arfcom is an ad revenue maximizing machine. Ad revenue? From the internet? Who ever heard of such a thing!?! 
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:12:19 PM EDT
[#5]
Nobody cares.
It’s all gotten so deep and circumspect that the lengths you’d have to go to actually be anonymous on the internet are no longer worth it. Unplug and abstain pretty much completely or be tracked. That’s pretty much it. So embrace the suck. Keep your mags topped off and enjoy the runaway train … next stop: Boog 2.0 |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:13:02 PM EDT
[#6]
I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:18:39 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN Except they have the time, date, & IP address from your VPN, so ATF can call up your VPN & say, please pull your logs and give us syclone170's IP address at this time on this date. 
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:24:44 PM EDT
[#8]
firefox uMatrix FTW
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:39:26 PM EDT
[#9]
Thanks for the PSA. It’s too late for 99.9% of us, but it’s good to know anyway.
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:39:34 PM EDT
[#10]
Ibtn
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:40:25 PM EDT
[#11]
Hovering lets me know whether to click it. Ublock origin blocks it if I'm dumb.
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:42:36 PM EDT
[#12]
Ibtn
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:54:49 PM EDT
[#13]
There needs to be a browser plug-in to cleanse Vigilinks from the urls automatically
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:06:08 PM EDT
[#14]
In any URL, anything with a & or ? is optional extra info and it and everything to the right of it can be stripped off to get the basic URL. Like if you do a search on Amazon, then want to send just the product link to someone, you have to strip off all that crap which contains your search cirteria, where you came from to get there, etc.
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:19:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:26:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:28:56 PM EDT
[#17]
// ==UserScript== // @name Remove viglink and avantlink on links // @namespace namespace // @version 0.1 // @description Make the links crystal clear, without referrer crap. // @author me // @match http://www.ar15.com/* // @match https://www.ar15.com/* // @icon data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== // @run-at document-end // @grant none // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; const replacestring = '$1' // var reg = /^https?\:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=([^\&]+).*$/ var reg = /^https?\:\/\/(?:redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=|www.avantlink.com\/click.php\?.*url=)([^\&]+).*$/ var links = [].slice.apply(document.getElementsByTagName("a")); links.forEach(function(link) { var href = link.href; if (href.length && href.substring(0, 1) !== "#" && href.indexOf("redirect.viglink.com")) { if (href.match(reg)) { var linkTarget = link.href.replace(reg,replacestring); link.href = decodeURIComponent(linkTarget); console.log("Rewritten URL: " + href + " as " + link.href); } } }) })(); Userscript... |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:29:02 PM EDT
[#18]
My piHole blocks all that stuff which means I basically don't click any links from here.
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:31:40 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryLol @ pic name. Yes uBlock Origin is an excellent tool, but not all our members have it, and even those that my have it may still post confusing links. If you post the raw link, ARFCOM will embed the Vigilink redirection within the link, but you can still just copy & paste the raw text; folks who post text in the link break the link & now you have to spend time & effort combing out the tracking add ons. |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:32:58 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: // ==UserScript== // @name Remove viglink and avantlink on links // @namespace namespace // @version 0.1 // @description Make the links crystal clear, without referrer crap. // @author me // @match http://www.ar15.com/* // @match https://www.ar15.com/* // @icon data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== // @run-at document-end // @grant none // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; const replacestring = '$1' // var reg = /^https?\:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=([^\&]+).*$/ var reg = /^https?\:\/\/(?:redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=|www.avantlink.com\/click.php\?.*url=)([^\&]+).*$/ var links = [].slice.apply(document.getElementsByTagName("a")); links.forEach(function(link) { var href = link.href; if (href.length && href.substring(0, 1) !== "#" && href.indexOf("redirect.viglink.com")) { if (href.match(reg)) { var linkTarget = link.href.replace(reg,replacestring); link.href = decodeURIComponent(linkTarget); console.log("Rewritten URL: " + href + " as " + link.href); } } }) })(); Userscript... Nice. Does that strip out the additional tracking added on the end? |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:36:12 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice. Does that strip out the additional tracking added on the end? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: // ==UserScript== // @name Remove viglink and avantlink on links // @namespace namespace // @version 0.1 // @description Make the links crystal clear, without referrer crap. // @author me // @match http://www.ar15.com/* // @match https://www.ar15.com/* // @icon data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== // @run-at document-end // @grant none // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; const replacestring = '$1' // var reg = /^https?\:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=([^\&]+).*$/ var reg = /^https?\:\/\/(?:redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=|www.avantlink.com\/click.php\?.*url=)([^\&]+).*$/ var links = [].slice.apply(document.getElementsByTagName("a")); links.forEach(function(link) { var href = link.href; if (href.length && href.substring(0, 1) !== "#" && href.indexOf("redirect.viglink.com")) { if (href.match(reg)) { var linkTarget = link.href.replace(reg,replacestring); link.href = decodeURIComponent(linkTarget); console.log("Rewritten URL: " + href + " as " + link.href); } } }) })(); Userscript... Nice. Does that strip out the additional tracking added on the end? Yes. |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:42:36 PM EDT
[#22]
What if I'm behind seven proxies?
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:49:22 PM EDT
[#23]
Once upon a time Arfcom was probably the only site that never put tracking cookies on your computer. Now days there are at least four and I’ve seen as many as nine.
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:54:02 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN Browser fingerprinting |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 11:59:36 PM EDT
[#25]
And people still get butt hurt them I tell them their link is full of monkey butt pox aids and that their input has made a negative impact on the thread.
My browser blocks everything with vigilink. Vigilink is aids. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 12:00:15 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Once upon a time Arfcom was probably the only site that never put tracking cookies on your computer. Now days there are at least four and I’ve seen as many as nine.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 12:36:28 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What if I'm behind seven proxies? Will at least one of them tell ATF to fuck off? |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 12:38:08 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There needs to be a browser plug-in to cleanse Vigilinks from the urls automatically IDK if there is, but ublock origin blocks viglink links for you. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 12:43:23 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: IDK if there is, but ublock origin blocks viglink links for you. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: There needs to be a browser plug-in to cleanse Vigilinks from the urls automatically IDK if there is, but ublock origin blocks viglink links for you. jordanmills posted a userscript above, I think it runs in Greasemonkey. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 12:50:09 AM EDT
[#30]
ARFCOM isn’t your friend. You think the feds can’t pull every single thread you’ve EVER viewed with nary an email to the goat?
Shit, they probably already have direct database access, regardless if site staff is complicit or not. As said before, there are no more secrets, so be prepared to answer for everywhere you’ve been, everything you’ve read, and everything you’ve ever said. Remember when we started a revolution over the Brit’s snooping letters and taxing tea? Now we carry around tracking devices with 4K cameras and microphones. Clown world. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 12:55:07 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Browser fingerprinting Quote HistoryQuoted: Browser fingerprinting Brave browser. Not perfect but I'm pretty sure it blocks fingerprinting. Currently Brave protects against fingerprinting by preventing third party sites from accessing functionality frequently used to fingerprint users. This includes highly identifying parts of the Canvas, Web Audio and WebGL APIs, among others. These default settings can be changed through Brave’s Shields interface, where users can disable these protections if needed, or also extend them to the first party. Brave prevents known fingerprinting scripts from being loaded, through the browser’s Shields protections. Brave both uses, and contributes to the development of, privacy-protecting filter lists like EasyList and EasyPrivacy. More information about current Brave fingerprinting and privacy protections are available on our Wiki. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:12:13 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: jordanmills posted a userscript above, I think it runs in Greasemonkey. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: There needs to be a browser plug-in to cleanse Vigilinks from the urls automatically IDK if there is, but ublock origin blocks viglink links for you. jordanmills posted a userscript above, I think it runs in Greasemonkey. Yep. Should run in any popular userscript manager. Decodes and replaces that junk inline and you never notice them any more. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:23:22 AM EDT
[#33]
Quoted: Browser fingerprinting https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/ Chrome/Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvas-blocker-fingerprin/nomnklagbgmgghhjidfhnoelnjfndfpd |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:46:58 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Except they have the time, date, & IP address from your VPN, so ATF can call up your VPN & say, please pull your logs and give us syclone170's IP address at this time on this date. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN Except they have the time, date, & IP address from your VPN, so ATF can call up your VPN & say, please pull your logs and give us syclone170's IP address at this time on this date. Any VPN provider worth using doesn’t capture any logs like that. It’s the whole point of their service. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 3:11:43 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Arfcom is an ad revenue maximizing machine. And all those link manipulations tie your arfcom profile to your irl identity. The “delete names from old posts” and username change stuff is just a smokescreen. BuT YoUrE NoT a PaId MeMbEr 
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Posted: 9/10/2022 5:29:25 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Arfcom is an ad revenue maximizing machine. And all those link manipulations tie your arfcom profile to your irl identity. The “delete names from old posts” and username change stuff is just a smokescreen. 
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Posted: 9/10/2022 5:57:03 AM EDT
[#37]
Thanks OP, interesting topic and I learned something.
I'm running Brave and Adblock+ (I think it's called) I'll have to check into Ublock |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 6:09:48 AM EDT
[#38]
https://pi-hole.net/
this will work on your entire LAN. it can be set up to be used at all times on your phone remotely. fuck all things that track. and all ads. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 8:33:11 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: BuT YoUrE NoT a PaId MeMbEr Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Arfcom is an ad revenue maximizing machine. And all those link manipulations tie your arfcom profile to your irl identity. The “delete names from old posts” and username change stuff is just a smokescreen. BuT YoUrE NoT a PaId MeMbEr Support the community |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 9:18:21 AM EDT
[#40]
dns filtering/ blocking on my machines haven't let me use those links for quite a while
and yes UBlock on the browser stops it too it is what it is |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 9:29:18 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Any VPN provider worth using doesn’t capture any logs like that. It’s the whole point of their service. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN Except they have the time, date, & IP address from your VPN, so ATF can call up your VPN & say, please pull your logs and give us syclone170's IP address at this time on this date. Any VPN provider worth using doesn’t capture any logs like that. It’s the whole point of their service. And the guarantee that they don't keep logs is ironclad, is it? Because we trust BigTech so much.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 9:35:22 AM EDT
[#42]
If you're worried about the atf databases then maybe don't post on arfcom.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 9:52:44 AM EDT
[#43]
Of all the sites that Brave blocks "ads and creepy things" Arfcom is at the top of the list.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 9:58:37 AM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you're worried about the atf databases then maybe don't post on arfcom. I'm trying to illustrate a route to post so that those who are worried about such don't have to retype your link to see what you're talking about. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 10:18:05 AM EDT
[#45]
Goatboy should address this in the podcast.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:09:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And the guarantee that they don't keep logs is ironclad, is it? Because we trust BigTech so much. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN Except they have the time, date, & IP address from your VPN, so ATF can call up your VPN & say, please pull your logs and give us syclone170's IP address at this time on this date. Any VPN provider worth using doesn’t capture any logs like that. It’s the whole point of their service. And the guarantee that they don't keep logs is ironclad, is it? Because we trust BigTech so much. At least one of those services has been pulled into court to provide logs, only to say “we don’t have any.” They also recently had third party auditors go thru their system and verify their no logs policy was accurate. They even made all of their software open source so people can look thru that if they want to. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:26:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At least one of those services has been pulled into court to provide logs, only to say “we don’t have any.” They also recently had third party auditors go thru their system and verify their no logs policy was accurate. They even made all of their software open source so people can look thru that if they want to. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I dont care if they capture my phony URL address from my VPN Except they have the time, date, & IP address from your VPN, so ATF can call up your VPN & say, please pull your logs and give us syclone170's IP address at this time on this date. Any VPN provider worth using doesn’t capture any logs like that. It’s the whole point of their service. And the guarantee that they don't keep logs is ironclad, is it? Because we trust BigTech so much. At least one of those services has been pulled into court to provide logs, only to say “we don’t have any.” They also recently had third party auditors go thru their system and verify their no logs policy was accurate. They even made all of their software open source so people can look thru that if they want to. What vpn service ? |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:38:40 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What vpn service ? PIA https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/privacy-audit/ They have also moved their own servers out of countries that pass laws requiring logs to be kept. Definitely understand being skeptical of such claims, but this companies claims have held up multiple times so far. |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 1:48:00 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: // ==UserScript== // @name Remove viglink and avantlink on links // @namespace namespace // @version 0.1 // @description Make the links crystal clear, without referrer crap. // @author me // @match http://www.ar15.com/* // @match https://www.ar15.com/* // @icon data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== // @run-at document-end // @grant none // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; const replacestring = '$1' // var reg = /^https?\:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=([^\&]+).*$/ var reg = /^https?\:\/\/(?:redirect.viglink.com\/\?u=|www.avantlink.com\/click.php\?.*url=)([^\&]+).*$/ var links = [].slice.apply(document.getElementsByTagName("a")); links.forEach(function(link) { var href = link.href; if (href.length && href.substring(0, 1) !== "#" && href.indexOf("redirect.viglink.com")) { if (href.match(reg)) { var linkTarget = link.href.replace(reg,replacestring); link.href = decodeURIComponent(linkTarget); console.log("Rewritten URL: " + href + " as " + link.href); } } }) })(); Userscript... Neat, thanks! Now no more fuckery needed when my pi-hole blocks the viglinks! |
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Posted: 9/10/2022 2:03:55 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: At least one of those services has been pulled into court to provide logs, only to say “we don’t have any.” They also recently had third party auditors go thru their system and verify their no logs policy was accurate. They even made all of their software open source so people can look thru that if they want to. ExpressVPN runs on VMs and RAM drives, which they reboot weekly. They’re quite serious about no tracking, and are based in BVI. https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/trustedserver-a-deep-dive-into-the-security-of-our-innovative-server-tech/ |
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