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by Domelo
Tue 06 May 2014, 20:22
Forum: Security
Topic: Much Faster Firefox startup with Adblock Plus
Replies: 14
Views: 7646

bark_bark_bark wrote:Using PeerBlock right now, and found none of my data sent to google.
How did you get to know that this ad blocker didn't send your data to Google?
by Domelo
Tue 06 May 2014, 20:19
Forum: Security
Topic: Much Faster Firefox startup with Adblock Plus
Replies: 14
Views: 7646

Re: Much Faster Firefox startup with Adblock Plus

... Do you know that ABP tracks your activities too and has good bonds with Google? They can't be that close : ABP blocks the adverts in Gmail , and on YouTube (which is owned by Google). FireFox has an inbuilt connection with Google called Google_Safe_Browsing which is on by default. That's respon...
by Domelo
Sat 26 Apr 2014, 13:12
Forum: Security
Topic: Much Faster Firefox startup with Adblock Plus
Replies: 14
Views: 7646

Re: Much Faster Firefox startup with Adblock Plus

The sluggishness from Adblock is how fast Firefox starts up. You might try an experiment to disable Adblock and see if Firefox starts up any faster. Ah, ok. There's is definitely a bit of a gap there but I have found that Firefox traditionally takes a while to load up anyway. However, it might be i...