Including the hpHosts ad/tracking servers list in your programs?

I've seen quite a bit of chatter recently regarding which URL it should be when including the ad and tracking servers list in things such as AdAway, uBlock etc. Thought I'd pop a note here. The correct URL is;

http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

There was an issue previously where ad_servers.asp would redirect to a rather strangely formatted URL when redirecting to this file, which is why I'd not recommend it (aside from anything else, it's likely the sites entire codebase is to be re-written in the near future, which will also see the end of the use of ASP (various reasons for this, most notably, lack of native DNS support etc), where the .txt files will not be changing.

If you're using the individual classification files, you'll also notice you no longer need to include the hphosts-partial file, as the individual classification files are updated every single time a site is added/updated/removed.

If you've got any questions, feel free to email me, or drop by the forums.

USA: I'm confused

Okay, I'm officially confused. Watching a documentary on BBC Three at present about the KKK, and something has confused the hell out of me. Namely

1. The KKK and Nazi party claim they're interested in "white power", yet last time I looked, the Jewish etc were white too, and the KKK are apparently (according to the "Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan") are against the Jewish too - why specifically, the Jewish?
2. The "Black Power" group (assuming I got the name right) claim they're against racism, are themselves, racist.

Did I miss something?

Whatever happened to tolerance of others, regardless of race, faith et al? (I can't be old fashioned - apparently I'm not old enough).

Black power apparently means unity between black people, and I can understand that, however, that then questions why they're apparently protesting against EVERYONE ELSE - why not just the idiotic racists?

As for the KKK - their getting a rock thrown at one of their vehicles - are they really surprised by this?

Hint - faith has bugger all to do with it, nor has race/color/sexuality/etc - you're either tolerant, or you're not (and first amendment doesn't mean you can be an arse, it just means you're a legally protected arse (hint: a tolerant person wouldn't care - an arse protests/fights based on color, sexuality, race etc)).

What's that you say, as a tolerant person I shouldn't question these idiocies? To that I say - do a bit of research ;o)
As I said, I'm confused, but as far as I am concerned, as long as you take and judge a person based on the person themselves, the rest is not important, never has been - never will be.

Sorry for the off-topic rant - I needed to rant and question (I had more to say (racism/prejudism should be shot to the floor immediately in my opinion (yep, that's the polite version)), but most would get nuked by legal in seconds).

A fraudster using NameCheap? Who'd a' thunk it!

Just been watching a documentary on Sophie Lancaster, and figured I'd do a quick lookup. We all know that spammers and frausters couldn't give a rats right testicle about where or what they spam, but this got my goat.

Offending site: netcash32.com (162.255.119.250, AS22612 162.255.119.0/24 Namecheap, Inc)

Spammed to;

hxxp://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-11/julie-hesmondhalgh-reveals-what-it-was-like-to-play-the-mother-of-a-murdered-girl-in-black-roses-the-killing-of-sophie-lancaster

Which leads to a bogus news site:

The offending redirectors:

hxxp://webemploments.com/jump.php?bo0522
-> hxxp://click.mvc19.com/home/jump?1=bo0522
--> hxxp://trackinguk2.com
---> hxxp://metricology.com/?a=440&c=1517&s1=UK
----> hxxps://cntrck.com/?a=440&c=1517&s1=UK&ckmguid=4427cedc-004b-4e08-9c59-33846e2be99e
-----> hxxp://jbrotrk.com/?a=24&c=23&s1=440&s2=9993117
------> hxxps://jbrotrk.com/?a=24&c=23&s1=440&s2=9993117&ckmguid=8353ce1d-7b2f-4114-ab41-60bf02d65c54

And the offending final site the above leads to;

-------> hxxp://myinternetsuccesscoach.com/responsive
--------> hxxp://myinternetsuccesscoach.com/responsive/
---------> hxxp://myinternetsuccesscoach.com/exit/exit-new.php


The offending (work from home) fraudsters are not surprisingly, myinternetsuccesscoach.com, and the template, nothing we've not seen before. Only difference is the actual content.

Not surprisingly, I recommend blackholing the entire bleedin lot of them.

As an aside, a quick FYI for the likes of the Radio Times - if you're going to allow comments (especially via the Facebook cesspit), at the very least MODERATE THEM! (other media sites have exactly the same issue).

References:

The Sophie Lancaster Foundation
http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/

BBC: Black Rose - The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z62b1

BBC: Boys sentenced over Goth murder
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7370637.stm

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[ALERT] AOL users beware!!

No idea why anyone would still be using AOL, but for those that are, perhaps a good reason to finally move?

US telco giant Verizon has given notice it will be providing information on its subscribers to AOL for targeted advertising.

A notice in Verizon's privacy policy warns users that beginning next month, information such as device information, addresses and whereabouts, and browsing habits, will be given to AOL so it can sling relevant ads at netizens.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/07/verizon_owns_aol_and_your_slurped_data/