longbeachlouise

January 31, 2020

Okay, I downloaded the file, and will create a new topic.

In the meantime, let's keep this thread open to discuss Google Tags and the issues outlined on this thread:

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/231043-forum-shows-as-containing-unread-topic-after-topic-has-been-moved/

Also, may I ask you to please try this desktop video capture:

https://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/download-now.html

to make it easy to document anomalies of being forum moderator? To share with your fellow moderators, not me or the public.

January 25, 2020

exile360, help me remove unnecessary programs. I do not have malware.

January 25, 2020

On 1/17/2020 at 11:55 PM, exile360 said:

I definitely recommend it. It's excellent for blocking malware as well as many ads and threats to privacy (including many of the trackers from the likes of Google, Microsoft and others). It's also excellent at blocking tech support scam sites.

exile360, Would you help me clean up my PC, after I finish saving what I want? Thanx.

January 25, 2020

Okay - I will post the two messages you didn't respond to, here, as screen grabs:

Message01252020b.jpg.1a7fe7ec1a5ff4146a9702b8b9da8fde.jpg Message01252020.jpg.4c6b6ebc9c2b83a68704da4ee846100a.jpg

January 24, 2020

Dear AdvancedSetup, That's fine, but may I ask, you saw the last two messages I sent you, in view of the forum glitches you and exile360 discuss in another thread? Thank you.

January 24, 2020

On 1/17/2020 at 11:55 PM, exile360 said:

I definitely recommend it. It's excellent for blocking malware as well as many ads and threats to privacy (including many of the trackers from the likes of Google, Microsoft and others). It's also excellent at blocking tech support scam sites.

Thank you, exile360. Would you help me clean up my PC, before I add another software? I'd like to clean it up and run a Defraggler. I guess I have to back up my files first. I'll get to work on that.

January 24, 2020

Advanced, did you receive my message? Would you kindly respond to it in the Message folder?

January 18, 2020

4 hours ago, exile360 said:

I just checked my Malwarebytes Browser Guard and thought you might find this interesting as well:

So MBG also blocks it (I use uBlock also along with Disconnect, Privacy Badger, Ghostery and DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials).

Should I get Browser Guard?

January 17, 2020

3 hours ago, longbeachlouise said:

View Page Source of the code, and Go to Edit / Find, and type, Google Tag. This is what appears as to my code:


			<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
<noscript>
<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-MKSKW3"
height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>
</noscript>
<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
'//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-MKSKW3');</script> 
<!-- End Google Tag Manager -->

Nasty!

January 17, 2020

2 hours ago, exile360 said:

I just checked my Malwarebytes Browser Guard and thought you might find this interesting as well:

So MBG also blocks it (I use uBlock also along with Disconnect, Privacy Badger, Ghostery and DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials).

That is interesting - thanx! 🙂

January 17, 2020

6 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

uBlock Origin will prevent any site from running scripts or images, etc. You decide what gets read or written back.

Thanx. UBlock is better than what I use, DisconnectMe, but I was lazy to replace it. Appreciate that UBlock stuff! 🙂

January 17, 2020

54 minutes ago, exile360 said:

Interesting reading, thanks

As far as I know, this forum doesn't use Google Tag Manager either. It only allows the Google search indexer to index results for page ranks and searches.

Hi Exile360, Thanx for liking the article! 🙂 Why do you say "this forum doesn't use Google Tag Manage?" Just View Page Source of the code, and Go to Edit / Find, and type, Google Tag. This is what appears as to my code:

			<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
<noscript>
<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-MKSKW3"
height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>
</noscript>
<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
'//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-MKSKW3');</script> 
<!-- End Google Tag Manager -->

Nasty!

and, by the way, My Disconnect on Firefox has blocked 12 Google Requests, 17 in all. This cloud template, Invision Community, is problematic.

How about the, Edit, question? If I ask Ron to close this topic, will I lose the Edit link?

January 17, 2020

Hi exile360, Do you know about Google Tag Manager?

Adsense has been abused from malvertising campaigns, and attackers injected malware to generate revenue for the attackers.

Considered worse than either of these is Google Tag Manager, which this forum employs. Google said about Tag Manager:

Quote

With so many measurement tools out there, marketers need flexibility — whether that’s changing tags on the fly or having the ability to easily add tags from other sources.

In Google Tag Manager, marketers can add or change their own tags as needed. Tag Manager supports all tags and has easy-to-use turnkey templates for a wide range of Google and third-party tags — for web and mobile apps. Don’t see a tag listed? You can add it immediately as a custom tag. With so much flexibility, your campaign can be underway with just a few clicks

.

Malicious JavaScript can pose some serious risks directly to your visitors, such as unknowingly mining cryptocurrencies directly on the visitor’s browser.

See the article, Malicious Activities with Google Tag Manager
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2018/04/malicious-activities-google-tag-manager.html

So, what the problem is, is Insiders can access the Google Tag Manager, and insert any code it wants, and apparently you are dealing with the glitches caused by this issue, and it doesn't surprise me. Investors of the Google insiders resent Malwarebytes from keeping phones and laptops safe from their malvertising, and promote their phony security solutions which they have money in.

Perhaps the page you have read the replies on is not the one you think. Instead, it is a separate page called by the url you go to, which keeps refreshing because of new javascripts inserted via Tag Manager. That is why the topic always says, Unread.

On a separate note, it used to be after - I don't know - a brief time after posting a comment, I was not able to Edit it. On this thread, the Edit link appears for all the comments. Has the Edit capacity been extended, time-wise? Will it only end when the thread is closed?

January 12, 2020

Google is clowning with you! The code in this software allows Google insider access, via the cloud. I studied the code. It is full of problematic tags.

May I suggest, NCH Software Debut Video Capture Software? You may demo it free, for a few captures. Turn on the Entire Virtual Desktop.Then it is $40.00.

Google in other ways is trying to discredit Malwarebytes.

January 9, 2020

Okay, I shot video of this discussion for the record.

That is how I caught Advanced deleted the exposed IP address screen shot.

If anyone of the insiders at Google think of removing this discussion, AdvancedSetUp will know.

Additional comments end of day 01-12-2020

You love me, right? You really love me . . .

You might get me in the end. But, you are not stronger than God. You got something to fear, and it isn't me.

January 9, 2020

Almost every of the presented creepy image side reel videos are labeled,

Recommended for you

even though I am not signed in.

Recommended for you that accompanies every single one of those creepy image videos implies human intervention.

January 9, 2020

Google collects IP addresses via Adsense and / or Analytics. You don't have to be signed in. It tracks you via IP address. Or, if mobile is your main access to online, it tracks via IMEI number. It combines the dossier of all your online activity with your personally identifiable info from Gmail, YouTube and other Google / Alphabet accounts and apps. And it is allowed to. You allowed it to, when you use anything Google, signed in or not. That is why my IP address appeared on search.

Quote

when you visit a website that uses advertising services like AdSense, including analytics tools like Google Analytics, or embeds video content from YouTube, your web browser automatically sends certain information to Google. This includes the URL of the page you’re visiting and your IP address

- https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Why do you not believe Google would use IP address and IMEI number to track individuals? First Google's privacy policy allows it.

Quote

We also collect information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, including IP address.

Quote

Your location can be determined with varying degrees of accuracy by:

GPS

IP address

Sensor data from your device

Information about things near your device, such as Wi-Fi access points, cell towers, and Bluetooth-enabled devices

- https://policies.google.com/privacy

As an aside, Prior to 2016, Google said, “we will not combine DoubleClick cookie information with personally identifiable information unless we have your opt-in consent.”

In 2016, Google users’ personally identifiable information from Gmail, YouTube and other accounts has been merged with their browsing records from across the web. See:

- https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/archive/20160325-20160628/

Google collects IP address via Adsense and Analytics. That would be most web pages on the internet, right? Billions. You don't have to be signed in.

Being signed out offers a false sense of not being tracked.

Advanced, you are smarter than I am. I am not very tech savvy. Yet, I have a computer systems degree from long ago, am detail-minded, and have observed the infiltration of the US Mafia into the internet. They know and I know, and that is why they send me those creepy ads. They like me, even if they have determined to execute me, because I am smart and not a chump, right guys?

January 9, 2020

44 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

As I said there are other methods to track, but, please show proof that Google or their site YouTube is tracking you based on that and sending you data. I have seen zero proof of this and I visit some underground sites that certainly would be up in arms and providing proof if they had it.

Do you mean proof that Google et al track via IP address [desktop] and IMEI Number [mobile]?

Please do not ask it and leave. Give me a day.

January 9, 2020

1 hour ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Yes, it can and does happen in micro seconds. If you look at a browser blocking tool like uBlock Origin and/or NoScript you'll see all the various other sites involved in the connection. In some cases it can be upwards of 100+ other sites being part of your connection. The good thing though is that tools listed above like uBlock Origin and NoScript as well as CookieAutoDelete help prevent and control how much of that behavior is allowed.

If I turn off all blocking and cookie control and I browse YouTube for an hour looking at all kinds of weird junk. Then close my browser and come back later on. I will have all kinds of suggestions and recommendations for all that weird stuff. But, if I keep my blocking tools and cookie tools enabled, it cleans the cookie automatically over and over even in the same session and on page refresh I have no recommendations for anything similar to what I've been watching.

Okay. Thank you for that.

January 8, 2020

Hi AdvancedSetup,

We have had this discussion. You said:

Quote

Google only has a couple of ways to identify you specifically. The main method is YOU ARE LOGGED INTO GOOGLE and you have History enabled. Doesn't matter what your IP is or what VPN you use.

As predominantly a Windows-based computer user, I beg to differ. I would say:

The MAIN method Google uses to identify you is IP address or International Mobile Equipment Identity.

Log ins offer a false sense of anonymity for users to feel privacy logged off. Surely - and I agree - Google supplies a higher degree of customization for log ins, and prefers people are logged in. Just now I checked Google News as an "anonymous" user:

It displays customized weather based on my IP address.

If I "anonymously" - not logged in - do a Google search for IP address, my IP address appears right away:

- Edited to add Google search of IP address screen shot with IP address obscured.

In a 2018 discussion about GDPR, the concern is Google Analytics Tracking Code collect IP adresses, therefore is not GDRP-compliant:

Quote

The standard Google Analytics tracking installation collects your users' IP addresses.

Now, you might be thinking: “What are you talking about, I can't see IPs in my analytics account.”

When users land on your website, your Google Analytics tracking code collects their IP addresses. But Google strips IP data before it enters your reports.

So although you can't see user IPs in Google Analytics, your account still collects this data.

What reports does this IP data enable? This data fuels your Geo reports, service provider reports, and also allows you to filter specific users from reports by entering their IP address.

[Hi Advanced. I am responding to your first reply. I see you posted a couple of others.]

IP address [desktop] and IMEI Number [mobile] are the "MAIN methods Google uses to identify you."

Are you resisting reality, because it is so disturbing? I don't blame you.

January 8, 2020

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Word about Live Advertising. This term is not for the public. You know how you see ads almost in real time, as soon as you discuss a topic via phone? Or after searching a topic? Ads are very targeted, manipulating you to make you take action, whether purchase a product, or give up private information. Social and tech companies employ the cream of psychology experts to design ads which capture the user's attention, or motivate them to do something.

Even this forum, controlled by Google softwares, acts as a conduit between you [comment poster] and Google to enable real time inspection of comments, with the info sold off to shady and unscrupulous entities who would try to access your computer. I reported to the admins here how I received fraud calls impersonating Microsoft tech staff, every time I posted here, so that Malwarebytes posted a warning somewhere. The forum prohibits printing, as does most Google softwares, such as the new gmail UI. The new Gmail UI allows gmail insiders to inspect your gmails in real time, if you have been flagged by Google. My gmail has been accessed and reorganized from a z-type cloud from within the interface.

Any website which uses Google Analytics and / or Google Tags has the potential to PUSH malware via the js.

insiders at Big Tech Giants: Google, FB, and Twitter compound dossiers of online behavior they acquire and share, with credit card and bank info they acquire, with the everyday routines people allow them to observe via nfc-equipped phones, with gps info built-in modern cars, to assemble profiles, based on IP address and Mobile phone ID numbers, which make them out power even the government entities established to protect the consumers, and law enforcement.

That is why Google displays disturbing images along fan cam video to my IP address. That, and I prevailed over a Google-partner Golden Voice copyright dispute, and I acquired lots of high-quality youtube videos over the months, using various apps.