- May 01 8:43 am
#85658
I am particular about nosy websites. When I started my Flickr account I gave them a fake name as I saw no reason why they needed such information - other than to aggregate data on me. Nowadays, when I sign on, I am always asked for my mobile number, ostensibly for password "security" reasons. No, they're just being nosy. (And of course as Yahoo was the subject of the largest security breach in internet history, I am confident that no useful information about me was gleaned by the hackers.)
Recently, all my images on my Flickr page went blank. If I ran the mouse icon over the area where the photos were, I determined that the images were still present, but that I could not see them. If I went into "Edit" mode, then they appeared.
After some investigation, I determined that a browser Add-on I use, Privacy Badger, had blocked the images, noting the presence of web bugs and trackers. I was using the default settings of this Add-on (to Firefox). I set it to ignore Flickr and all the images re-appeared.
Then this morning, they were gone again. I checked Privacy Badger and it was turned off for Flickr. I checked with my Anti-virus package, Kaspersky, and discovered that it had blocked 3 "web beacons" and several "web analytics" from the Flickr website. Again, this is the default setting for Kaspersky. It was this security blocking that stopped the images from appearing.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? Now I know I can turn off this Kaspersky feature for this website and the images will return, but I don't like this solution. A very nosy company is Yahoo.
Also, I haven't tested this, but I expect that the default settings of Internet Explorer will continue to allow the display of images. Microsoft is all for the gathering of personal data and is unlikely to block such minor intrusions. I have observed many instances where IE allows execution of code on web pages that Firefox stops. I use both browsers, but prefer Firefox. (Another Firefox Add-on called NoScript stops execution of Javascript on websites unless I decide otherwise.)
Recently, all my images on my Flickr page went blank. If I ran the mouse icon over the area where the photos were, I determined that the images were still present, but that I could not see them. If I went into "Edit" mode, then they appeared.
After some investigation, I determined that a browser Add-on I use, Privacy Badger, had blocked the images, noting the presence of web bugs and trackers. I was using the default settings of this Add-on (to Firefox). I set it to ignore Flickr and all the images re-appeared.
Then this morning, they were gone again. I checked Privacy Badger and it was turned off for Flickr. I checked with my Anti-virus package, Kaspersky, and discovered that it had blocked 3 "web beacons" and several "web analytics" from the Flickr website. Again, this is the default setting for Kaspersky. It was this security blocking that stopped the images from appearing.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? Now I know I can turn off this Kaspersky feature for this website and the images will return, but I don't like this solution. A very nosy company is Yahoo.
Also, I haven't tested this, but I expect that the default settings of Internet Explorer will continue to allow the display of images. Microsoft is all for the gathering of personal data and is unlikely to block such minor intrusions. I have observed many instances where IE allows execution of code on web pages that Firefox stops. I use both browsers, but prefer Firefox. (Another Firefox Add-on called NoScript stops execution of Javascript on websites unless I decide otherwise.)