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If anyone is worried or confused about these messages, I want to
make clear that you don't have to worry about following links in
the Top Tech Tidbit newsletter. The newsletter owner keeps track
of how many people follow links in the newsletter but that's all
that is being done. You aren't being tracked and it isn't known
that you, John Smith, clicked on links. All that is known is that
30 or 50 or 100, etc. people followed a certain link. This is
important information so the newsletter can show that it is being
actively used. That is important to get and keep advertisers.
Gene
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On 1/21/2022 4:05 PM, Gene wrote:
I did a Google search on the web site and I found that it is
used as I thought, to keep track of how many users click on the
articles shown in Top Tech Tidbits. It isn't tracking you
around the Internet.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/744112/should-i-be-concerned-about-links-that-go-through-r20rs6net/
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:51 PM, Gene wrote:
I did a bit of experimenting and I understand what is going
on now. The actual link you see when you read the message
isn't the link you actually go to when you click on it in the
e-mail program.
I copied the link as shown on the newsletter page to a story,
which is the link to the actual page where the story came
from. I then pasted it into a browser using UBlock Origin
(spelling) and when I went to that ;page, I got no blocked
message.
I then copied the underlying link the e-mail message is
using. to the clipboard and pasted it into the same browser
and followed it. I got the same message you got. The browser
I was using to open links I click on in my e-mail program
doesn't have UBlock Origin installed but I tested the
underlying link on one that does and I got the same message as
you report.
the actual link as displayed on the page to the story I
followed is:
https://lifehacker.com/stop-using-safari-immediately-at-least-for-now-1848384461
That's the link you see. Its the same principle as someone
writing a link in words such as click here but in this case,
the actual link to the article is shown.
The underlying link is:
https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ooisN62QuYR3W_K0wKPIcNJFLfa3ZLXYCEyjjpJsKel1YIMTrowI4YJxSjQGGeVZh_WswgTYE1YG5pajmpw2quwyDcdsgKhmKGii9oS7DVnqtOJG6vdcVVTvFfl528U2_acSVMXG7dGbC5fA2ZW9B5-Fynp0bYKay5D3oY_11cbSFTVIcJB3lVnuoIOHS4Mm1Izr4YrH4vPVA4yX_GRfWtJn1QHJ9ILM&c=0ytU7bSqTN0zDgkXQr3nRfX1QoQYL0ziLPdvlIu_YqNhaPKwNls3TA==&ch=GGOa2ITn2gJLW5j01xIeUxXdgLkjAv6Ip_EsWUHRfO4gOwNNirMoNw==
And its that underlying link that generates the blocking
message. Evidently, Tech Talk Tidbits places the articles it
links to on its own site. You don't go to the article on the
originating site, you go to it on their web site.
I just tried the underlying link in the Brave browser and I
got the following message:
This site may attempt to track you across other sites
Brave has prevented the following site from loading:
https://r20.rs6.net
This site may try to link some of your personal data with a
cookie before showing the content.
Don't warn me about this site again
Proceed
Go back
While I trust the owner of Top Tech Tidbits not to track me,
I'm giving this result to provide information. I had
considered whether I should present it but I want people to be
informed and I didn't want to withhold information.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:17 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
That makes sense. Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in an
e-mail
Perhaps this has something to do with being redirected.
I don't know enough about this to discuss it in any detail
or to know exactly what happens but at least some links in
Tech Talk Tidbits redirect you to their web site, as far
as I can tell, and their site then directs you to the
intended site. My guess is that this is a way of the site
keeping track of how many people click on links in the
newsletter to attract advertisers. There may be something
in the way the browser is first directed by the e-mail to
the Tidbit's web site, then redirected by the web site to
the intended link that triggers the message.
All the links in the newsletter may do so.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:01 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
I've been selecting temporary disable, but I didn't
know why I would get the message for every link in that
particular e-mail.
Very strange.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links
in an e-mail
:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base
cited. I don't know how disabling this data-base
would affect ad blocking in general. Disabling it
temporarily may just mean for following this specific
link. I haven't looked into how UBlock Origin
(spelling) works. You could disable the add-on when
you are going to read this newsletter or you could
disable the data-base temporarily when you get such a
message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the
program when something is or is likely to be
advertising changes over time.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki
W wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a
link in an e-mail, most often Top Tech Tidbitts,
that I get the following message, which does not pop
up in every e-mail, but always in Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start
getting this message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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On 1/21/2022 3:51 PM, Gene wrote:
I did a bit of experimenting and I understand what is going on
now. The actual link you see when you read the message isn't
the link you actually go to when you click on it in the e-mail
program.
I copied the link as shown on the newsletter page to a story,
which is the link to the actual page where the story came from.
I then pasted it into a browser using UBlock Origin (spelling)
and when I went to that ;page, I got no blocked message.
I then copied the underlying link the e-mail message is using.
to the clipboard and pasted it into the same browser and
followed it. I got the same message you got. The browser I was
using to open links I click on in my e-mail program doesn't have
UBlock Origin installed but I tested the underlying link on one
that does and I got the same message as you report.
the actual link as displayed on the page to the story I
followed is:
https://lifehacker.com/stop-using-safari-immediately-at-least-for-now-1848384461
That's the link you see. Its the same principle as someone
writing a link in words such as click here but in this case, the
actual link to the article is shown.
The underlying link is:
https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ooisN62QuYR3W_K0wKPIcNJFLfa3ZLXYCEyjjpJsKel1YIMTrowI4YJxSjQGGeVZh_WswgTYE1YG5pajmpw2quwyDcdsgKhmKGii9oS7DVnqtOJG6vdcVVTvFfl528U2_acSVMXG7dGbC5fA2ZW9B5-Fynp0bYKay5D3oY_11cbSFTVIcJB3lVnuoIOHS4Mm1Izr4YrH4vPVA4yX_GRfWtJn1QHJ9ILM&c=0ytU7bSqTN0zDgkXQr3nRfX1QoQYL0ziLPdvlIu_YqNhaPKwNls3TA==&ch=GGOa2ITn2gJLW5j01xIeUxXdgLkjAv6Ip_EsWUHRfO4gOwNNirMoNw==
And its that underlying link that generates the blocking
message. Evidently, Tech Talk Tidbits places the articles it
links to on its own site. You don't go to the article on the
originating site, you go to it on their web site.
I just tried the underlying link in the Brave browser and I got
the following message:
This site may attempt to track you across other sites
Brave has prevented the following site from loading:
https://r20.rs6.net
This site may try to link some of your personal data with a
cookie before showing the content.
Don't warn me about this site again
Proceed
Go back
While I trust the owner of Top Tech Tidbits not to track me,
I'm giving this result to provide information. I had considered
whether I should present it but I want people to be informed and
I didn't want to withhold information.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:17 PM, Vicki W wrote:
That makes sense. Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in an
e-mail
Perhaps this has something to do with being redirected. I
don't know enough about this to discuss it in any detail or
to know exactly what happens but at least some links in Tech
Talk Tidbits redirect you to their web site, as far as I can
tell, and their site then directs you to the intended site.
My guess is that this is a way of the site keeping track of
how many people click on links in the newsletter to attract
advertisers. There may be something in the way the browser
is first directed by the e-mail to the Tidbit's web site,
then redirected by the web site to the intended link that
triggers the message.
All the links in the newsletter may do so.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:01 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
I've been selecting temporary disable, but I didn't
know why I would get the message for every link in that
particular e-mail.
Very strange.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in
an e-mail
:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base cited.
I don't know how disabling this data-base would affect
ad blocking in general. Disabling it temporarily may
just mean for following this specific link. I haven't
looked into how UBlock Origin (spelling) works. You
could disable the add-on when you are going to read this
newsletter or you could disable the data-base
temporarily when you get such a message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the program
when something is or is likely to be advertising changes
over time.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link
in an e-mail, most often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get
the following message, which does not pop up in every
e-mail, but always in Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start
getting this message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
On 1/21/2022 3:17 PM, Vicki W wrote:
That makes sense. Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in an
e-mail
Perhaps this has something to do with being redirected. I
don't know enough about this to discuss it in any detail or to
know exactly what happens but at least some links in Tech Talk
Tidbits redirect you to their web site, as far as I can tell,
and their site then directs you to the intended site. My
guess is that this is a way of the site keeping track of how
many people click on links in the newsletter to attract
advertisers. There may be something in the way the browser is
first directed by the e-mail to the Tidbit's web site, then
redirected by the web site to the intended link that triggers
the message.
All the links in the newsletter may do so.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:01 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
I've been selecting temporary disable, but I didn't know
why I would get the message for every link in that
particular e-mail.
Very strange.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in an
e-mail
:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base cited. I
don't know how disabling this data-base would affect ad
blocking in general. Disabling it temporarily may just
mean for following this specific link. I haven't looked
into how UBlock Origin (spelling) works. You could
disable the add-on when you are going to read this
newsletter or you could disable the data-base temporarily
when you get such a message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the program
when something is or is likely to be advertising changes
over time.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link
in an e-mail, most often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get
the following message, which does not pop up in every
e-mail, but always in Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start
getting this message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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That makes sense. Thank you.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 2:10
PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with
links in an e-mail
Perhaps this has something to do with being redirected. I don't know
enough about this to discuss it in any detail or to know exactly what happens
but at least some links in Tech Talk Tidbits redirect you to their web site,
as far as I can tell, and their site then directs you to the intended
site. My guess is that this is a way of the site keeping track of how
many people click on links in the newsletter to attract advertisers.
There may be something in the way the browser is first directed by the e-mail
to the Tidbit's web site, then redirected by the web site to the intended link
that triggers the message.
All the links in the newsletter may do so.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 3:01 PM, Vicki W wrote:
I've been selecting temporary disable, but I didn't know why I would
get the message for every link in that particular e-mail.
Very strange.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in an e-mail
:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base cited. I don't
know how disabling this data-base would affect ad blocking in
general. Disabling it temporarily may just mean for following this
specific link. I haven't looked into how UBlock Origin
(spelling) works. You could disable the add-on when you are going to
read this newsletter or you could disable the data-base temporarily when
you get such a message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the program when something
is or is likely to be advertising changes over time.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki W wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link in an e-mail,
most often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get the following message, which
does not pop up in every e-mail, but always in Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start getting this
message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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Perhaps this has something to do with being redirected. I don't
know enough about this to discuss it in any detail or to know
exactly what happens but at least some links in Tech Talk Tidbits
redirect you to their web site, as far as I can tell, and their
site then directs you to the intended site. My guess is that this
is a way of the site keeping track of how many people click on
links in the newsletter to attract advertisers. There may be
something in the way the browser is first directed by the e-mail
to the Tidbit's web site, then redirected by the web site to the
intended link that triggers the message.
All the links in the newsletter may do so.
Gene
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
On 1/21/2022 3:01 PM, Vicki W wrote:
I've been selecting temporary disable, but I didn't know why
I would get the message for every link in that particular
e-mail.
Very strange.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with links in an
e-mail
:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base cited. I
don't know how disabling this data-base would affect ad
blocking in general. Disabling it temporarily may just mean
for following this specific link. I haven't looked into how
UBlock Origin (spelling) works. You could disable the add-on
when you are going to read this newsletter or you could
disable the data-base temporarily when you get such a message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the program when
something is or is likely to be advertising changes over time.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki W
wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link in an
e-mail, most often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get the
following message, which does not pop up in every e-mail,
but always in Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start getting
this message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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I've been selecting temporary disable, but I didn't
know why I would get the message for every link in that particular e-mail.
Very strange.
Vicki
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 1:34
PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] problem with
links in an e-mail
:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base cited. I don't know
how disabling this data-base would affect ad blocking in general.
Disabling it temporarily may just mean for following this specific link.
I haven't looked into how UBlock Origin (spelling) works. You
could disable the add-on when you are going to read this newsletter or you
could disable the data-base temporarily when you get such a message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the program when something is or
is likely to be advertising changes over time.
Gene
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki W wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link in an e-mail, most
often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get the following message, which does not
pop up in every e-mail, but always in Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start getting this message
especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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:Perhaps something has changed in the data-base cited. I don't
know how disabling this data-base would affect ad blocking in
general. Disabling it temporarily may just mean for following
this specific link. I haven't looked into how UBlock Origin
(spelling) works. You could disable the add-on when you are going
to read this newsletter or you could disable the data-base
temporarily when you get such a message.
But I would think the data-bases that tell the program when
something is or is likely to be advertising changes over time.
Gene
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
On 1/21/2022 2:30 PM, Vicki W wrote:
Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link in an
e-mail, most often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get the following
message, which does not pop up in every e-mail, but always in
Top Tech Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start getting this
message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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Hi,
I have noticed that recently when I click on a link
in an e-mail, most often Top Tech Tidbitts, that I get the following message,
which does not pop up in every e-mail, but always in Top Tech
Tidbits:
Anyone have any ideas why I would suddenly start
getting this message especially in specific e-mails?
Thanks.
Vicki
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