OT: Personal Data Collection badgering and popups

[???]

You can transfer funds to my Nigerian bank account and it will stop

 

[PDW]

If you are using apple, Little Snitch is wonderful. It will block all that crap.

You can do the same thing with ipfilter but it's a lot more work.

This. I have Little Snitch installed on all my Apple computers. You'd be amazed at just how many bits of software want to tattle home with your data without asking for permission.

FKT

 

[Matt_Maguire]

Guess I'll check back tomorrow, it's doing this on both my galaxy tablets. Had to check to see if the old (small) one was going toes up.

Good luck, Matt

 

[toolmaker96]

Not sure if anyone else is seeing this, but since signing on to PM this morning, I have been getting a constant cookies (privacy notificaton) popup. Does not seem to matter if you select what settings you want, when you go to a new page or reopen in the browser, the notification comes back.

Any ideas as to getting rid of this? Maybe a setting in by browser?

 

[Ron Hofer]

Not sure if anyone else is seeing this, but since signing on to PM this morning, I have been getting a constant cookies (privacy notificaton) popup. Does not seem to matter if you select what settings you want, when you go to a new page or reopen in the browser, the notification comes back.

Any ideas as to getting rid of this? Maybe a setting in by browser?

Same problem here.

 

[jamscal]

Yep but I'm trying to hit reject all and then save....pops right back up everytime.

 

[sfriedberg]

There's a largish thread about this problem elsewhere on the forums. 1) Everybody is experiencing it. 2) The admins know about it. 3) The IT guys (who created the problem) have been turned loose to solve it.

 

[Superbowl]

I logged in today and a pop up window keeps coming up telling me they want to share my personal info with 3rd parties. WTF????

 

[TGTool]

Yes, I'm getting it too. It looked like I could just say I agreed to only necessary information and click on the Accept All, but it keeps returning.

 

[plastikdreams]

You and everyone else on PM are waiting for it to go away...have solace in you are not the first thread about it.

 

[michiganbuck]

QTThe IT guys (who created the problem) have been turned loose to solve it.0

Got to grind up that pop up and put it out in the sludge bucket, then set it on a rocket and send it to the moon. Musk and Waste Management said they will do it for 6 trillion Herns... A Hern is a knickel in moon money..
Ground up pop ups would make a good parking lot for Trumps new moon hotel.

 

[plastikdreams]

At least it's not spam...

 

[jbacc]

Annoying to say the least...

 

[Scruffy887]

Should have been fixed by now with competent geeks. Maybe insect overlords prefer to annoy you.

 

[michiganbuck]

That Nigerian guy said he would fix it for 20 bucks and all I have to do is send my bank account number / log in and password. and he would take the 20 bucks then rid the problem in 10 minuets..

You guys should thank me for putting up the 20 bucks.

 

[Scruffy887]

BTW, easiest way to fix this is to log off. Come back next Monday and look around and see if anybody cares. See Ya Monday.

 

[Houdini]

Adblock Plus, then select block specific element on page, select the entire ad, done.

 

[pcm81]

Goodbye cruel world. I'll resurrect when pop-up is gone. The cookie add-ons are pointless; they just accept all cookies, so its like clicking accept all on your own.

 

[John Allan]

Popped up three times in three minutes!

 

[True North]

Or use an ipad. No problems here :-)