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  • Nov 24, 2018 at 4:12 pm #3565554
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    As of a week ago, I’m starting to get redirected to something similar to this on a fairly regular basis when I click on a post.

    I’m using an iOS device and running Safari.  Anyone else running into something similar?

    Nov 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm #3565556
    William Chilton
    BPL Member

    @williamc3

    Locale: Antakya

    Firefox on Windows 10 and Chrome on Android, based outside the U.S.: I haven’t come across it.

    Nov 24, 2018 at 5:47 pm #3565585
    Ryan Jordan
    Admin

    @ryan

    Locale: Central Rockies

    That should definitely not be happening, and I’ve filed a report to have this advertiser blocked. Please update this thread if it continues, or if anyone else notices it. Thanks Ian.

    Nov 24, 2018 at 5:48 pm #3565586
    Greg Mihalik
    BPL Member

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    iOS 11.2.2 here, using Safari for a browser, on an iPod Touch/6.

    I have not had that happen. I do have every option related to ads and tracking set to No, Minimum, Location Services Off, etc. so Safari is flying blind.

     

    Nov 24, 2018 at 6:15 pm #3565589
    Andy Berner
    BPL Member

    @berner9

    Locale: Michigan

    I had it happening last night. iPhone safari here

    Nov 24, 2018 at 6:46 pm #3565595
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    This happened to me a few months ago and I blocked that URL. Took me a while to figure out and I don’t remember it now but I googled “how to block a URL”.
    Good luck.

    Nov 24, 2018 at 8:09 pm #3565609
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    Thanks Ryan and to the members who responded.

    I cleared my cache without success.   I’ll change my iOS Safari settings to what Greg suggested.

    Thanks again all.

    Nov 24, 2018 at 8:15 pm #3565610
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    Kat,

    I’ll research that option and try it later once I figure it out on iOS Safari.

    Nov 24, 2018 at 11:50 pm #3565631
    JCH
    BPL Member

    @pastyj-2-2

    I recommend BlockBear as an iOS ad blocker/content filter.  Simple, fast, does a great job. I no longer see ads on any website I visit.

    Nov 25, 2018 at 4:16 pm #3565694
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    Thanks JCH I’ll check that out

    Nov 25, 2018 at 10:57 pm #3565761
    Ryan “Rudy” Oury
    BPL Member

    @ohdogg79

    Locale: Central FL - Ocala NF

    FYI, I had this happen maybe 3-4 times as well. Hasn’t happened in 1-2 days though… using an iPhone6 version iOS 12.0.1

    Nov 25, 2018 at 11:34 pm #3565775
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    It’s fixed?  So far so good.

    Here are my Safari settings.  I’d love to block cookies but that setting makes some websites unusable.

     

    Nov 26, 2018 at 3:20 am #3565831
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    Spoke too soon.  It’s now back with a vengeance

    Nov 26, 2018 at 1:34 pm #3565859
    JCH
    BPL Member

    @pastyj-2-2

    Did BlockBear not work for you?

     

    Nov 26, 2018 at 2:10 pm #3565862
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    JCH I’m trying it out now and have it enabled in Safari.   So far so good

    Nov 26, 2018 at 2:25 pm #3565864
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    As of right now, assuming I set everything up right and that the pop up ads that redirect me to a different URL are gone, block Bear seems to be a workable solution for BPL and me.

    I’m still seeing the normal ads but the pop ups are gone at the moment.   I’ll report back if that changes

    Nov 27, 2018 at 4:11 pm #3566110
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    24 hour experiment with Block Bear complete and I can report that it fixes the problem.

    Nov 27, 2018 at 4:48 pm #3566115
    Greg Mihalik
    BPL Member

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    This has been the classic example of platform advertisers screwing both the content providers and the end users.  If content providers exercised control over delivery abuse this would not be an issue.

    Until then I too will be blocking.

     

    Step away from the soapbox, step away …

    Nov 28, 2018 at 3:41 am #3566221
    Roger Caffin
    Moderator

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, applied hard.
    If a web site does not like it, tough.

    Cheers

    Nov 28, 2018 at 3:06 pm #3566261
    JCH
    BPL Member

    @pastyj-2-2

    For all MacOS Mojave and Safari 12 users –

    Safari has been updated such that uBlock Origin (UBO) must be specifically re-enabled in the Safari > Preferences > Extensions dialog.  After doing so, Safari warns that the extension will “slow down your system”, in other words it consumes a lot of system resources. Also the security permissions for UBO (under Safari > Preferences > Extensions ) state “Can read sensitive information from webpages, including passwords, phone numbers, and credit cards on all webpages, and can see when you visit all pages.”  Hmmm…I didn’t like the sound of that!  Add to this that UBO has not been updated since April 2018, and I went looking for a better solution.

    That (rather extensive) search led me to WIPR, and while it is a $1.99 download from the Mac App Store (MAS), I am happy to say that it works beautifully AND consumes far fewer system resources than UBO.  If anyone would like to read more about why this is, here is the WIPR developer’s explanation.  Note that the new native version referenced in that post is the one available in the MAS.

    There is also an informative REDDIT you can check…in particular, scroll a short way down and read CurtisCee’s post concerning UBO.

    Note that I am NOT saying UBO is bad, simply that I do not think it is the best choice for the Mac platform.  I have uninstalled UBO from all my Macs and am running WIPR exclusively, and suggest that anyone using UBO on the Mac platform at least consider this alternative.  Please do not let a tiny $1.99 purchase dissuade you…I have paid 4x that for beers so disgusting that I left them on the bar :)

    Finally, I have NO CONNECTION to the WIPR developer, gain nothing from anyone using or not using WIPR, and post this information simply as a community service.  This was my analysis and these were my decisions, yours may be different.  HYOH.

    Nov 28, 2018 at 7:04 pm #3566308
    idester
    BPL Member

    @doug-i

    Locale: The Cascades

    A WIPR user here as well, has worked for me for the past two months with no issues. I use it on iOS as well, also with no issues.

    Nov 28, 2018 at 8:02 pm #3566328
    Roger Caffin
    Moderator

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    I haven’t noticed any degradation from running uBlock on W7.

    Cheers

    Nov 28, 2018 at 9:53 pm #3566347
    JCH
    BPL Member

    @pastyj-2-2

    Roger – My statements are applicable to MacOS and Safari 12 only.  UBO was a good, perhaps the best, choice on the Mac platform for quite some time.  This has, IMO, changed, thus my post.

    For UBO on the Windows platform, I have no information nor experience regarding performance or fit-for-purpose.  Those using Windows will need to gather their own data in determining the best ad blocking solution.

    I have edited my original post minimally to emphasize that my statements apply only to the Mac platform.

    Nov 28, 2018 at 10:28 pm #3566356
    Roger Caffin
    Moderator

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    It is interesting that some at least of the major web browsers are considering including ad-blocking as part of the browser. Chrome may not want to, as Google is driven by the advertising, but Firefox may do so.

    Such a move would provoke a real crisis for Chrome, as not blocking ads might precipitate a steady loss of customers to the others. Fun stuff.

    Cheers

    Nov 28, 2018 at 11:43 pm #3566366
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @discopants

    I haven’t used Chrome in a few years but it was surprisingly easy to add some ad blocker plugins

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