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  1. stevevnicks

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    handy link if you don't know of this

    http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices


    The companies listed below are some of the providers who work with website providers to collect and use information to provide online behavioural advertising.

    Please use the buttons below to control your online behavioural advertising preferences. You can turn off or turn on all companies or alternatively set your preferences for individual ones. By clicking on the expand button you can find out more about the company itself as well as its behavioural advertising status on the web browser that you are using. If you are having any problems please visit our
     
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    I`m using Adblock and Ghostery chrome extensions and my browser was able to reach only 6 companies.
     
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    you can select your home land here http://www.youronlinechoices.com/

    I think this is if you wish to opt out of them ?
     
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    No Brazil there, thanks anyway.
     

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    Incognito mode is the answer
     
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    its just for language choose uk and have a look

    Companies serving behavioural advertising will also provide you with more information about how to decline behavioural advertising. Opt out of behavioural advertising.

    its for opting out.

    another one here

    http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/

    Opting out does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the company or companies from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.

    I've opted out of 92 companies, These 92 companies have set an opt-out preference for Online Behavioral Advertising in your browser.
     
    Last edited: Nov 21, 2014
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    Nice find OP, the ones that were tracking me I blocked via Mozilla Lightbeam, meaning all of them are now blocked with Ghostery & Lightbeam

    For anyone interested https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lightbeam/ install it and visit the OP's link and then go through the list that is generated in lightbeam and block any that are linked to advertisements
    Example http://i.imgur.com/JT1aEiJ.jpg of course if you visit sites like Yahoo then don't block it
     
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    just out of interest what happens if you test morzilla with the add-on on those sites does it say no companys using your internet browser?

    not sure how to get rid of super cookies or stop them? maybe using block all cookies might stop them ? but that would be no good for normal internet usage.
     
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    It will give you
    but if you block say Yahoo, you won't be able to connect to anything by Yahoo
    Clearly Ghostery and Lightbeam do the job
    So don't block Facebook if you use Facebook or Steam (thanks Valve) since it messes up the Steam community site (but Ghostery should block it out without causing issues already)
     
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    I`m using Adblock and Ghostery chrome extensions and my browser was able to reach only 6 companies.
    Regards
    GTA Beast
     
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    I use AdBlock. Best of all, it prevents Youtube ads which suck the life out of the vids!!
     

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