www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       16/03/23 12:48:36

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Ad-blocker): New item.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.220&r2=1.221

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.220
retrieving revision 1.221
diff -u -b -r1.220 -r1.221
--- words-to-avoid.html 2 Jan 2016 13:36:39 -0000       1.220
+++ words-to-avoid.html 23 Mar 2016 12:48:35 -0000      1.221
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 <p>
   <a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a>
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
+       href="#Ad-blocker">Ad-blocker</a>&rdquo;
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Access">Access</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Alternative">Alternative</a>&rdquo;
@@ -121,6 +123,15 @@
        href="#Vendor">Vendor</a>&rdquo;
 </p>
 
+<h3 id="Ad-blocker">&ldquo;Ad-blocker&rdquo;</h3>
+<p>
+When the purpose of some program is to block advertisements,
+&ldquo;ad-blocker&rdquo; is a good term for it.  However, the GNU
+browser IceCat blocks advertisements that track the user as
+consequence of broader measures to prevent surveillance by web sites.
+This is not an &ldquo;ad-blocker,&rdquo; this is
+<em>surveillance protection</em>.
+
 <h3 id="Access">&ldquo;Access&rdquo;</h3>
 <p>
 It is a common misunderstanding to think free software means that the
@@ -1111,7 +1122,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/01/02 13:36:39 $
+$Date: 2016/03/23 12:48:35 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>