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Kendo 2

Kendo 2

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Since the thread will be locked and the truth hidden away, here it is quoted for future reference.

 

Quote from Brown_Town on Friday, April 18th, 2014 at 06:32 PM GMT.

"I can't go 5 seconds without having to click something in my Ghostery or NoScript, and that's IF the download decides to work. I refuse to put my system in jeopordy by turning these off just so I can be forced to look at your bulls*** ads and have my information tracked. Never have I seen so many trackers or scripts at ANY website. It's ridiculous. I feel sorry for anyone who uploads their Mods here. The people that run this site only care about making money off of your hard work through tracking and selling our information and flooding us with ads. I don't want to hear, "They have to make money somehow to keep this running." It's obviously gone far beyond that. It's a shame that greed has to ruin everything. This place used to be legit.

Here's a list of the 74 trackers I was able to find with Ghostery...

[+1]

Accuen Media

Adap.tv

AddThis

Aggregate Knowledge
AppNexus
Audience Science

BidSwitch

BlueKai

BrightRoll

Brillig
Chango...etc (He lists all 74 of them)."

 

HELL YEAH!  You go Brown_Town!  Expose those assholes for what they really are.

 

 

Alyzabeth

Alyzabeth

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"Lets see, external scripts used on this site (check the code if you so wish):

 

Top (728x90) ad

Side (300x250) ad

Google Analytics (only I have access to it)

That's all. I used to use Extreme Tracking as well but some nut cases went bat-shit crazy about it, so it's now gone and I keep all the tracking within Analytics.

 

If you have a problem with the ads then you have two choices:

 

Spend £1.29 and remove all the ads on the Nexus for life

Don't use the site

 

It's that simple really.

 

Coming here and moaning about your phobias isn't going to do anything."

 

Lexi SubZero

Lexi SubZero

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Let me correct something for you Douche0ne...

 

Lets see, external scripts used on this site (check the code if you so wish):

 

  • Top (728x90) ad
  • Side (300x250) ad
  • Google Analytics (only I have access to it)

That's all. I used to use Extreme Tracking as well but some nut cases went bat-shit crazy about it, so it's now gone and I keep all the tracking within Analytics.

If you have a problem with the ads then you have two three choices:

  • Spend £1.29 and remove all the ads on the Nexus for life
  • Don't use the site
  • Use an AdBlock...but then I'll whine in my corner about how you are a leeching filthy scum bag bitch *cries like a little girl*

It's that simple really.

Coming here and moaning about your phobias isn't going to do anything.

 

...yah, much better.

myuhinny

myuhinny

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Yeah that is the same thing I was thinking about when reading the thread. You forgot option three. Ghostery shows three on nexus analatics pubgears and quantcast.

D_ManXX2

D_ManXX2

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Since the thread will be locked and the truth hidden away, here it is quoted for future reference.

 

Quote from Brown_Town on Friday, April 18th, 2014 at 06:32 PM GMT.

"I can't go 5 seconds without having to click something in my Ghostery or NoScript, and that's IF the download decides to work. I refuse to put my system in jeopordy by turning these off just so I can be forced to look at your bulls*** ads and have my information tracked. Never have I seen so many trackers or scripts at ANY website. It's ridiculous. I feel sorry for anyone who uploads their Mods here. The people that run this site only care about making money off of your hard work through tracking and selling our information and flooding us with ads. I don't want to hear, "They have to make money somehow to keep this running." It's obviously gone far beyond that. It's a shame that greed has to ruin everything. This place used to be legit.

Here's a list of the 74 trackers I was able to find with Ghostery...

 

[+1]

Accuen Media

Adap.tv

AddThis

Aggregate Knowledge

AppNexus

Audience Science

BidSwitch

BlueKai

BrightRoll

Brillig

Chango...etc (He lists all 74 of them)."

 

HELL YEAH!  You go Brown_Town!  Expose those assholes for what they really are.

 

Maybe the guy was onto something, today Ghostery did not find any tracker on nexus. looks like there are currently more trackers on loverslab then nexus. loverslab 4 nexus 0.

 

 

Kendo 2

Kendo 2

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Fucking Dark0ne one.  Whadda tool.  He admits he tracks and scripts, yet labels the guy who points it out as having some sort of phobia.

 

Hey Dark0ne, FUCK YOU BITCH.  Did it ever cross your scheming pea brain that MAYBE you run a fucking game forum and it is NONE OF YOUR GODDAMNED BUSINESS what people have on their computers?  The amount of tracking you dismiss as someone being paranoid serves ONE PURPOSE; mining info you can SELL, you fucking whore.  We all understand you like taking it up the ass, but not everyone went to British public school or goes on up-the-butt Greek holiday every Summer.  So keep on fucking people.  Your cover was blown months ago.  Every time you say something stupid or condescending it pours more oil on the funeral pyre of your forum's reputation.  Keep it up!  You're doing a great job.  :D

Rayblue

Rayblue

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I removed NMM because initially not all mods can be installed properly, or that upgrading mods becomes a bother, or that basically downloading a mod gets cut off without warning because of connection issues. Now, hearing that he's trying to gain revenue by any means necessary without morals is a sign that dotcom greed has gone to his head.

 

On the other hand, downloading manually ensures that I pick the right server to use.

 

Until some Royal Inquiry is formally leveled against The Man, we can only wait for the downfall.

Contessa

Contessa

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Highlights another issue for me is that I'm afraid to even report obvious violations I may come across. Not the piddly little Comments Section Flamewars, but people stealing mod assets and such claiming it as their own. Such a sad state of affairs that people are afraid to even report violations in fear of actually being noticed.

Rayblue

Rayblue

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Highlights another issue for me is that I'm afraid to even report obvious violations I may come across. Not the piddly little Comments Section Flamewars, but people stealing mod assets and such claiming it as their own. Such a sad state of affairs that people are afraid to even report violations in fear of actually being noticed.

 

It's probably because the violation report system has been (ab)used as much as PMs, as a way of getting some moderator attention or to flame them.

Contessa

Contessa

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I'm also going to go on record and say the NMM is a blight on all things mod related. I'm seeing a lot of "is this nmm compatible?" "needs nmm install version".

 

Why was this thing needed anyway? The community has come up with perfectly capable Mod Managers on their own and even the ones that haven't been updated in years are still superior to whatever that is they are pushing over there.

Rayblue

Rayblue

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^

It's more like an attempt to convince players that it's an all-in-one utility that's supposed to help getting their mods easily, to create brand loyalty, which is why you have some people who have no clue that there are better mod management software out now. Unfortunately, as the site is adding more games, even those with a remote chance of being modded, or already have a modding community of its own, and that it's frustrating to restart a download that was cut off, the program is deadweight.

 

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This one is a fine example of some idiot who thought it good to nick Iceburg's work... and adding malware:

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53176

ratrace

ratrace

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If the NMM compromises PCs in any way by installing malware, spyware and the like, Dark0ne is in trouble. Computer sabotage is a serious crime, at least over here in Germany. Don't know how the legal situation is in the US or UK.

 

If some skilled coder could have an eye on the source code and deliver proof for either NMM being safe for use or a malware infested piece of software, I'd be thankful.

Guest missyk

Guest missyk

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If the NMM compromises PCs in any way by installing malware, spyware and the like, Dark0ne is in trouble. Computer sabotage is a serious crime, at least over here in Germany. Don't know how the legal situation is in the US or UK.

 

If some skilled coder could have an eye on the source code and deliver proof for either NMM being safe for use or a malware infested piece of software, I'd be thankful.

 

The source code is open source and here for anyone to see;

http://sourceforge.net/p/nexusmodmanager/home/Home/

and is released on the copy-left GPL open source license;

https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

 

By design the NMM creates a profile of the mods you use for the games you own. That information is valuable to certain companies so the Nexus sells that information. I don't use the NMM but I am sure users agree to this somewhere when downloading the utility or when creating an account.

 

The way the internet is set up, everything you do on-line gets profiled; music, games, clothing, pharmaceuticals prescriptions, all your searches on various search engines etc... I would worry more about what Google, Oracle, Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter (and all other social media) collects about your private information and what companies they sell that information to. Just like credit card companies collect and sell information on your purchases, everything you do online is categorized and sold.

 

Companies have always been doing this even before the internet but people were not really aware of the process and naively thought that there medical information was always private. Of course it never was and likely never will be. For example; if you are on medication for bi-polar disorder or depression or heart medication or even allergy medication, as soon as someone types a search about these medications into Bing or google, that information is collected.

 

Even right here, the Bing bots and spiders collect everything that is posted and eventually connect the dots that create an online profile.  And just like "Sales Leads" that companies can purchase, your on-line profile information is categorized and sold.

 

People worry about on-line privacy but I think it is kinda silly. Companies have always been doing this and they always will through airline point cards, customer value cards (like the one I have at my pharmacy that gives me points every time I purchase something) and credit cards etc...

 

Here are some quotes about privacy that will open your eyes ***make sure to look at the dates whebn these quotes were made***

 

  • The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable. -Anon., U. S. Privacy Study Commission, 1977

 

  • You already have zero privacy. Get over it. -  Scott G. McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc -1999

 

  • An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country. ~ George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
nir645

nir645

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LMAO I love your strips man, your drawing is great because it has gag quality to it, also I think the comedy too funny.

I don't know why they would banned you for sharing this piece of awesomeness.

Guest missyk

Guest missyk

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If the NMM compromises PCs in any way by installing malware, spyware and the like, Dark0ne is in trouble. Computer sabotage is a serious crime, at least over here in Germany. Don't know how the legal situation is in the US or UK.

 

If some skilled coder could have an eye on the source code and deliver proof for either NMM being safe for use or a malware infested piece of software, I'd be thankful.

 

The source code is open source and here for anyone to see;

http://sourceforge.net/p/nexusmodmanager/home/Home/

and is released on the copy-left GPL open source license;

https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

 

By design the NMM creates a profile of the mods you use for the games you own. That information is valuable to certain companies so the Nexus sells that information. I don't use the NMM but I am sure users agree to this somewhere when downloading the utility or when creating an account.

 

The way the internet is set up, everything you do on-line gets profiled; music, games, clothing, pharmaceuticals prescriptions, all your searches on various search engines etc... I would worry more about what Google, Oracle, Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter (and all other social media) collects about your private information and what companies they sell that information to. Just like credit card companies collect and sell information on your purchases, everything you do online is categorized and sold.

 

Companies have always been doing this even before the internet but people were not really aware of the process and naively thought that there medical information was always private. Of course it never was and likely never will be. For example; if you are on medication for bi-polar disorder or depression or heart medication or even allergy medication, as soon as someone types a search about these medications into Bing or google, that information is collected.

 

Even right here, the Bing bots and spiders collect everything that is posted and eventually connect the dots that create an online profile.  And just like "Sales Leads" that companies can purchase, your on-line profile information is categorized and sold.

 

People worry about on-line privacy but I think it is kinda silly. Companies have always been doing this and they always will through airline point cards, customer value cards (like the one I have at my pharmacy that gives me points every time I purchase something) and credit cards etc...

 

Here are some quotes about privacy that will open your eyes ***make sure to look at the dates whebn these quotes were made***

 

  • The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable. -Anon., U. S. Privacy Study Commission, 1977

 

  • You already have zero privacy. Get over it. -  Scott G. McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc -1999

 

  • An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country. ~ George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)

 

That's all good info i guess but you completely missed the point. It isn't about the fact NMM spies on users (we already knew that) it's the fact that the program may be downloading malware onto peoples PC's. Perhaps my case was unique but i can confirm a single example of this for a fact. At this point everyone is well aware that websites sell our personal info but NOBODY signed up to have a program downloads malware that steals personal passwords or crashes their systems.

http://modsreloaded.com/news/forum/nexusmods/

Here is a site with proof that the Nexus site was already infilitrated by an outsider that used NMM to download spyware onto peoples PC's. And then there's the fact Dorkone pointed out there was yet another virus attack that had a person(s) using the sites .exe programs to DL malware

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/news/12297/?

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I understood exactly what you were concerned about (i was just trying to make it sound like a realistic concern) but if you take the time to think about the consequences that you are proposing you will conclude that your paranoia is unfounded. Because the utility is open source anyone who knows how to read it will then be able to find loopholes to take advantage of.

 

I don't follow your logic on how that incriminates the darkfucker in any way. He may be a childish asshole but I really don't see how he would benefit from your accusations in any form. Maybe years ago when the utility first came out there may have been PUPs or rootkits built in but now that it is open sourced it just makes absolutely zero sense. Besides the laws are very clear about that stuff in the UK and North America. You will have to ask gregathit the moderator as he had made that accusation years ago before the utility became open source. Maybe he has the proof you are looking for but I think that after all these years someone would have found something already.

 

Sorry but this silliness gets categorized under conspiracy theory like alien autopsies and Bigfoot XDD. I wouldn't lose sleep over it

 

Guest missyk

Guest missyk

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  • The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable. -Anon., U. S. Privacy Study Commission, 1977

 

  • You already have zero privacy. Get over it. -  Scott G. McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc -1999

 

  • An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country. ~ George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)

 

These are supposed to open our eyes?????? give me a break. We're supposed to get over it???? Kiss my hairy ass Scott G. McNealy.

Yes they have been selling our information, and we should be able to sue every stinking website on the face of the planet because it goes against every part of there "Privacy Statements" which are supposed to be "legal and binding" most are nothing more then copy/pasted from one site to the next.

But I guess the "legal and binding" only pertains to the consumer not the asshats that write them. And for George Bernard Shaw to lump all Americans in with the government that clearly doesn't know the meaning of privacy is noting more then ignorant and ill informed. We know the meaning of privacy, but our government doesn't give a fuck and neither does any other government on this planet which is why every media corporation can do what ever the fuck they want anywhere they want. But none of this has the slightest to do with being banned from nexus.

 

 

lmao oh mogie still reactionary as ever... and so you missed my point which was that people have been having this same discussion for a very long time. Many people think that this subject is just an internet issue however it is not limited to the net because it has been going on long before the internet arrived.

 

If your so worked up about Scott G. McNealy qoute then you should watch what Larry Ellison, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company said about internet privacy and how he intends to change the internet into an "utility" model (as in how you pay for electricity or water) in a Charlie Rose interview last year. That should raise your blood presure ^^ http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60254508

 

Does this have anything to do with being banned from the nexus? Who really knows but it is a lot more interesting and breaks up the monotonous regularity of whine baggers (myself included XD) so shocked that they have been banned by the kid and his vampire love sucker.

 

Guest missyk

Guest missyk

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Take a deep breath, you seem so determined to be right... ok you are right. I am not here to educate you or the masses nor have I inferred to your lack of intellectual prowess. I was simply answering a previous poster that imo was being overly paranoid about NMM illegally downloading malware onto their computer. Because that is so far fetched I took it upon myself to make that conversation a little more interesting.

 

There is no need to be so sensitive mogie, I never called anyone who believes in internet privacy a whine bagger. Read that part again. I included myself in that tongue in cheek comment and I was clearly referring to the the throngs of upset people continually posting about their negative experiences over at the nexus. Specifically the being banned part. Oh I remember whining myself when I was banged the first time... BANNED,.. I meant banned hehehe... so during my few visits here I always make time to read this thread. Apparently it still captures my attention. My personal experience seeded a dislike that still permeates today. Don't concern yourself, I'll manage <(¤_-)>.¸¸.•´¯`*

 

The offline collection of data has never congealed. At least not that I am aware of. In fact it has only grown larger. The recent selling of airline loyalty programs for hundreds of millions of dollars only proves this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroplan It is a huge business all together worth billions of dollars and not one that is going away any time fast.

 

I believe it is very romantic of you to try and fight these elitists and I support (cue Three Dog's Voice) "the good fight" no matter how futile it may be.  If the corporations want to track my purchases I personally have no issue with it. I am much more concerned with wannabe anarchist teen hackers stealing my personal information, credit card and banking information and sharing that private information on the deep web with child pornographers and world wide criminal entities.

 

Anyhoos... if you wish to continue conversing about this sparkling subject then I suggest starting a thread about it. It seems internet privacy and net neutrality is a passion of yours. I believe it would prove to be an enlightening conversation.

 

Good luck with your new video card ^^)

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