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--- browser_annoyances [2022.06.05 15:14] – [Firefox] Steve Isenberg
+++ browser_annoyances [2024.12.05 05:37] (current) – Steve Isenberg
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 =====Browser Annoyances=====
+Ideas for getting past issues with your browser(s).
+====All Browsers====
+===Reducing Advertising on Websites===
+This from [[https://referrer.komando.com/3b716b40/3|Kim Komando]] 12/5/2024. (Sign up for free newsletter and I might get rewarded!)
+  * Go to https://optout.aboutads.info. WebChoices will scan your browser settings and computer to find out whether first-party and third-party cookies are enabled, along with a list of companies creating targeted ads for you.
+  * Click **Continue**. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see an option to **Opt out of All**. Click that.
+  * After the site processes your selection, click **View Updated Results** to see how it turned out.
+You may need to repeat the process as some of the sites need a second request.\\ The WebChoices tool works in whatever browser you have open at the time, so be sure to run it for each browser you use.
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   - If it was set True, that was the problem.  Toggle its setting to False.
-//note, when researching this solution, I also set browser.download.panelShown back to False.  I'm not sure if this was a necessary change.//