| # Block Skype ads | |
| 127.0.0.1 *.msads.net | |
| 127.0.0.1 *.msecn.net | |
| 127.0.0.1 *.rad.msn.com | |
| 127.0.0.1 a.ads2.msads.net | |
| 127.0.0.1 ac3.msn.com | |
| 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net | |
| 127.0.0.1 adnexus.net | |
| 127.0.0.1 adnxs.com | |
| 127.0.0.1 ads1.msn.com |
Short version: I strongly do not recommend using any of these providers. You are, of course, free to use whatever you like. My TL;DR advice: Roll your own and use Algo or Streisand. For messaging & voice, use Signal. For increased anonymity, use Tor for desktop (though recognize that doing so may actually put you at greater risk), and Onion Browser for mobile.
This mini-rant came on the heels of an interesting twitter discussion: https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/591074055018582016
| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| # coding: utf-8 | |
| # You need PIL <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/> to run this script | |
| # Download unifont.ttf from <http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html> (or use | |
| # any TTF you have) | |
| # Copyright 2011 Álvaro Justen [alvarojusten at gmail dot com] | |
| # License: GPL <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html> | |
| from image_utils import ImageText |
| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| """ | |
| Script to test HTTP mirrors of Cygwin by measuring download times. | |
| Originally written in 2011, modernized in 2025. | |
| """ | |
| from math import floor | |
| from urllib.request import urlopen | |
| import argparse | |
| import sys |