Meltdown & Spectre Information and Discussion

[Jerry]

[Searchernow]

Hi Jerry,
for me your post is blank. Maybe my firefox settings are detecting something considered insecure and blocking it.

[firenice03]

Hi Jerry,
for me your post is blank. Maybe my firefox settings are detecting something considered insecure and blocking it.

It's an image, I can see... maybe slow loading or FF??

[Jocklad]

Loading ok on Chrome

[bitsnpcs]

Loading quickly for me on Firefox and Opera browsers.

[Searchernow]

Hi all,

thanks for your responses. I use FF (more strict blocking of tracking content etc.) and that's where I interact with this forum; and for others, e.g. non-https sites where I will not be logging in, I use Chromium (less strict blocking, though still blocks javascript by default).

I re-opened this page on Chromium, it said javascript was blocked, so I un-blocked for this page, but still no image. I allowed protected content, still no image.

All I can suggest is:
a) I have more secure browser environments which see reasons to block the content
or
b) I am missing something in the way I have things set up. Though I do normally use FF to read e.g. The Guardian and I'm used to blank spaces/content or ads blocked. That's the way I like it.

Another factor may be my use of plug-ins Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, and Disconnect.

Anyway, I am assuming Jerry's posted image is not vital for me, I can live without it. I'm curious of course!

[bitsnpcs]

Hello Searchernow,

In your browsers do -
other images hosted on imgur display?
other png file type images ?

[Searchernow]

Hello Searchernow,

In your browsers do -
other images hosted on imgur display?
other png file type images ?

I'm not aware of what images might be hosted by imgur, either shown or blocked! What I did do just now was to try to open the imgur site, and both browsers block it, it is unsafe! Maybe there's the answer.

Not sure about other png images, how would I know?

[bitsnpcs]

Hello Searchernow,

I thought it could be the case, I had looked at imgur before it looked a bit snoopy to me, I use a different image host. https://imgbb.com/

You could check this post
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other/is-there-a-way-to-make-the-desktop-taskbar-always-on-top/msg39982/#msg39982
and see if the png images I added display in your browsers, to determine if your browsers are blocking png image file type at other hosts, or whether it is only blocking imgur.

[Searchernow]

Hello Searchernow,

I thought it could be the case, I had looked at imgur before it looked a bit snoopy to me, I use a different image host. https://imgbb.com/

You could check this post
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other/is-there-a-way-to-make-the-desktop-taskbar-always-on-top/msg39982/#msg39982
and see if the png images I added display in your browsers, to determine if your browsers are blocking png image file type at other hosts, or whether it is only blocking imgur.

Thanks,
I opened that page and I do see your pic of a bee on flowers and a screenshot of "Panel window".

More generally, the wikipedia page for imgur reported a serious potential user data breach, though unlike yahoo they did notify users straight away.

[Searchernow]

Re-reading my posts - I mentioned blank spaces n the Guardian, I should add that these are the exception, most images in the Guardian I can see ok.

[bitsnpcs]

Do you have a link for the imgur wikipedia page please, so I can read the detail of it ?

The blank spaces in the Guardian may be blocked adverts ?

[Searchernow]

yes, at least some blanks are ads, I try to live an ad-less life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur

[bitsnpcs]

Thank You  , I'll have a read of it

[m654321]

I had looked at imgur before it looked a bit snoopy to me, I use a different image host. https://imgbb.com/

Very many thanks for this useful tip