Steer clear of Googles web accelerator

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Steer clear of Googles web accelerator

Post by Giraffe }{unter »

don't download this -> http://webaccelerator.google.com/

Why: It screws up web pages, particularly forums.

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See, Google isn't serving web pages faster, its serving other people's versions of the web page faster. What does that mean? Try using Web Accelerator on a forum site, one with lots of geeks who love Google and probably already have Web Accelerator installed. Why, if you're lucky, you'll be logged in as someone else, as the folks at SomethingAwful.com discovered. The posters in that forum discovered that most of the times they refreshed the page, they were logged in as a different person, seeing their friend's control panel for the forums.

They were even kind enough to provide screenshots."
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Post by ^misantropia^ »

No wonder really as the Web Accelerator is nothing but a proxy.
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Post by stocktroll »

um, what idiot would even fall for something like that?
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Post by Booger »

...but Web Accelerator gives me awesome sub 50 pings on my "Thunderbird Dial Up Speed Demon Modem". I could never do without it.
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Hi G}{.....long time.
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Post by sys0p »

Booger wrote:...but Web Accelerator gives me awesome sub 50 pings on my "Thunderbird Dial Up Speed Demon Modem". I could never do without it.
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Hi G}{.....long time.
Jesus fucking christ.. In the time you've taken to get broadband, I've been born, lived through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and I'm having my 32nd birthday in 14 days. AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T GOT BROADBAND

JUST. FUCK. OFF. BOOGER.
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Post by Booger »

sys0p wrote:
Jesus fucking christ.. In the time you've taken to get broadband, I've been born, lived through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and I'm having my 32nd birthday in 14 days, and I still act like a 10 year old and DWELL on the INTARDNET 24/7... AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T GOT BROADBAND
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Post by sys0p »

Booger, in case you haven't noticed, you have 12500 posts. You made them all on a 56k modem. I'm willing to bet money you've spent more time posting your 12500 than I have posting my 23000.

Don't make me fuck you up, dog
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Post by Transient »

That article mentions that Gmail is somehow bad. Is there something I don't know about Gmail?
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Post by Massive Quasars »

Booger farms while his modem connects.
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Post by Booger »

hey, Sys...
Why is it that your always on line, dewd.
Are you really that ugly that you cant get a real life and pick up a girl ?
I mean look at it this way. Your 32....right ? (btw-happy birthday kiddo),-
You still still livin home with mommy, (probably, most likely, I'd bet doughnuts to a dollar that you still are) ?

You ever date the opposite sex or do you still get yer rox off on a tv screen ?

...I could go on.....naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
have a good night, momo
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Post by sys0p »

I don't just live with mommy, she cooks me din-dins and makes sure my teddy is always clean
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Post by andyman »

Transient wrote:That article mentions that Gmail is somehow bad. Is there something I don't know about Gmail?
I think they can moniter emails if they want...not sure though
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Post by Giraffe }{unter »

Transient wrote:That article mentions that Gmail is somehow bad. Is there something I don't know about Gmail?
They are just paranoid about the way they want you to store all your email and never delete it. As well as the fact that they do related advertising from the content in your messages.

Google assures only computers scan and assign the advertising, no human is involved with reading you messages.

Everything everywhere is a conspiracy :tear:


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stocktroll wrote:um, what idiot would even fall for something like that?
apparently the idiots that visit the something awful forums :icon30:
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Post by Transient »

Giraffe }{unter wrote:As well as the fact that they do related advertising from the content in your messages.
Oh, you mean those ads way off to the side that I never pay attention to when doing Google searches? Pfft.
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

i love it when people are shocked to learn their privacy is/can be compromised easily over the intardnet.

get a cluepon idiots.
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Post by dmmh »

downloading,gotta try this on me site :)
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:cluepon

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