German freemail sites trick Firefox and Chrome users into removing AdBlock

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 10:37 AM UTC

mironathetin wrote: post #6

rjzzleep wrote: post #4

oh web.de easily the most dangerous free mail sites there is. it belongs to 1&1[1] one of the bigger internet companies in germany. it's really odd that no one ever shot them down. they are famous for tricking users into shady 2 year contracts, if they wanted to upgrade their 12 mb mailbox. they also upgraded the freemail to 500mb if and only if you would install their browser toolbar, which would change the mail ser…

Confirmed. I use web.de since 1998 as a spam-box, to keep my real account clean. During the last years they indeed try all tricks (we have a present for you, 3 weeks of free membership blah, blah..). If you leave this page now, the present will expire. There is a way to simply ignore this sh..t. All of it. But I agree that it takes discipline (germans are good at that :o). Gmail, on the other hand, cannot be trusted…

Post by mironathetin » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 10:40 AM UTC

microtonal wrote: post #7

mironathetin wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Confirmed. I use web.de since 1998 as a spam-box, to keep my real account clean. During the last years they indeed try all tricks (we have a present for you, 3 weeks of free membership blah, blah..). If you leave this page now, the present will expire. There is a way to simply ignore this sh..t. All of it. But I agree that it takes discipline (germans are good at that :o). Gmail, on the other hand, cannot be trusted…

Or googles snooping in your data and selling your profile to everyone who pays. You should really read Google's privacy policy: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ So, no, they don't sell your profile. I do agree with your point: if you don't want advertisements. Pay for the service. E.g. Google Apps for domains allows you to disable adds in Google apps. And since you can bring your own domain, you can move to so…

Post by eik3_de » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 10:44 AM UTC

        1&1 (aka 1and1.com)
	GMX
	WEB.DE
	InterNetX
	united-domains
	Sedo
	mail.com
	Fasthosts
	affilinet
	Arsys

Post by mironathetin » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 10:48 AM UTC

Sprint wrote: post #16

_quasimodo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you recommend a paid european mail service?

Just buy a domain and a small hosting plan that includes mail. I am using that setup for close to 10 years now and it is fantastic. I use all-inkl (hit me for my affiliate link if you want to sign up so I become rich) which are a high quality yet very affordable german host.

Post by Perseids » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 10:51 AM UTC

blueskin_ wrote: post #10

I doubt even many users will be stupid enough to not only click some random fake error ad, but follow the advice of a dodgy site. Almost everyone who has adblock installed it knowingly, wanting the effect and knowing what it does.