I'm kinda surprised more people haven't brought this up, especially with all the conversations about XP EOL happening right now.

I already commented on this thread, otherwise I'd be modding this comment up.

Every few months, I use a browser without the essentials (NoScript/FlashBlock/Ghostery/AdBlockPlus) installed, and the internet is nearly unusable. Popups, ads, popup ads, autoplaying media, autoplaying media ads...the list goes on. Running the gantlet almost isn't worth it, and I retreat back into the solitude that is the ad-free internet.

I still don't understand how people still use IE.

I normally allow top level sites in NoScript by default. 99% of the time, the "functional" javascript is served by the domain you're visiting, and that javascript-based ad you're trying to avoid is hosted offsite.

Basically, as websites evolve, so does NoScript.

Depending on your android version, you can disable specific apps. But I think you have to have a 4.x build of android.

I've been quite pleased with the performance increases and security enhancements provided by Cyanogenmod. But then...I'm also willing to break my phone a couple of times if necessary while trimming away unnecessary permissions from apps.

But only because it makes the grammar nazis upset.

It was pretty clear two me. But then, their are people without a sense of humor, so aisle forgive you this once. /deadpan

You didn't read up on it, did you.

I'm sorry, apparently you were born before they invented things like "tact" and "manners". You should try them out, it might be a pleasant change...both for you, and everyone you communicate with.

I really wish I had mod points, because this made me crack up. (Here's the link, for those of you still wondering who Bobby is...)

Actually, in the context of this sub-thread, it was spot on. Notice that user "funwithBSD" stated that:

Which means that, as far as I know, suggesting a form of local encryption is perfectly relevant.

This. Very much this.

I started using Ubuntu in 2005. I used it for servers and for a lightweight desktop alternative. I recommended it to my friends.

Then came the dark times, when Unity became default. For a while, I continued perplexed, assuming that it would get fixed. It never did.

I'm quite happily running Xubuntu, Raspbian, and Elementary OS now. I won't touch Unity with a logic probe, not if they paid me to.