is there a way to get rid of that $2.99/month banner?

Yes, there is: Pay $2.99/month.


You could do that, too, but it's really not worth it. You get so many page loads per dollar and it doesn't last long. Someone once paid for 50k page views, and it lasted about 8 hours.

Stand by for mslo to come in and tell you all about how to install ad blockers and fortify your devices as if they had the Hope Diamond in them.

I use uBlock Origin and have NEVER paid a RED CENT!

Like two people mentioned above... uBlock Origin (by Raymond Hill) is what you want to install as it cleans up A LOT of junk no one wants to see online in general. the internet would suck without it.

some tips... once you install uBlock Origin I would suggest you use the following filters (put them in the 'My filters' section of uBlock Origin) as it cleans up all of the junk on these IMDB2 forums...

IMDB2.freeforums.net##.c-pb-plus__container
IMDB2.freeforums.net##div[id*="-banner"]
IMDB2.freeforums.net##div[id*="overlay"]
IMDB2.freeforums.net###remove_ads_link
IMDB2.freeforums.net###ad1
IMDB2.freeforums.net###wrapper > div:nth-of-type(5)

IMPORTANT NOTE: change the capital letters on the 'IMDB2' part in each line above back to lower case otherwise those filters won't work!!! (NOTE: when I typed them lower case these forums automatically capitalize the letters which is why you have to manually adjust it.)

That quote is obviously joking. OR... assumes extreme situations which pretty much anyone reading this would not have to worry about.

but that's no reason to write off using Diceware since the math behind it is sound (you don't have to take my word for it either as you can do a little re-search if you want as websites talk about it being a good way to make a secure passwords) as it guarantees truly random passwords/passphrases that are resistant to brute forcing etc.

but seriously... the math behind Diceware guarantees secure passwords as long as your password is long enough. they generally recommend at least six Diceware words to be pretty secure which is why rolling dice is needed since it's truly random unlike if someone was just to pick a small amount of words they like from the Diceware word list which would not be truly random which is why rolling dice guarantees it is truly random so no one can guess what the person is using etc. the Diceware word list (i.e. www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt ) contains 7776 words which covers all possible combinations of what a person could roll with 5 dice (or one dice rolled five times) at once since it gives you a 5 digit number and the number you get from rolling the five dice, reading from say left to right (or right to left) in front of you and then you simply search that text file for your number and that's your first word. then do it however many times you need to get the desired amount of words in your passphrase for which you can use to secure your password manager.

but in short... I would say Diceware is best for generating a secure password which is then used for ones password managers 'master password'. that's the general idea in a sentence or so as all you got to do is remember that 'master password' and then ones password manager can generate long/complex/hard to remember passwords for each site you log into which makes you much more secure and you don't have to remember those, just the master password to your password manager.



I edited my initial post mentioning it's possible one can get shady stuff on their system just from visiting a legitimate website that's serving rogue ads. so on the side of caution... I figure why risk ads when installing uBlock Origin is simple enough and works well in it's default state and not to mention cleans up a lot of junk on random websites. so there is far more in favor in using uBlock Origin than against it and it only takes minimum effort to install.




Yeah, I realize $3 is not much. but still, just the thought of charging someone and then hours later it's loaded with ads again. no thanks

also, say $5-10 don't sound like much but if a person is paying for multiple things on a monthly basis at those rates, that can add up quickly.

One could do that. but I just did mine more of a standard way... I rolled 5 dice in my hand like usual as that's what I was doing about 24 hours ago making 5 ten word passphrases which is 50 rolls of five dice. that should keep me good for a while

I just rolled them out on the carpet next to my desktop computer and jotting down each 5 digit number in a text file like... 11111-11111-11111 etc. because they fell pretty randomly onto the carpet and some fell a decent distance apart etc as all I did was just read them on the carpet from left-to-right. like whichever was the furthest left on the carpet towards the right even though some where further from me and some where closer but I just gauged the left to right distance to figure out the order and it appears each and every roll came up with a different five digit number (I am not 100% on this but it appears that way quickly looking over the 50 five digit numbers. either way, it has no effect on the security of it as there is a guaranteed minimum level of entropy).






I assume this is a joke comment? ; or serious? ; it's hard to make out with just text on a screen(?).




Put it this way... if you start spending $100-200+ on small fee services that's not pocket change for many in a months time as it will reach a point one might opt for dumping some stuff they don't need, especially if they are already a bit low on $ to begin with.



That does not apply to everything I said, just some of it

but if one wants some simple advice for the common person I suggest the following two things for now...

-Password Manager (this is essential security online in today's world where the average person likely has multiple accounts to keep track of and they are almost always going to use the same password for multiple accounts which is bad security. but using a password manager makes it so they only have to remember one password and the password manager generates random/very secure passwords for each site you use. just doing this makes a person noticeably more secure in their online world and it's not difficult to do even though takes a little time to initially setup but once you do it's easily worth ones time to do)

-uBlock Origin (a basic install of this is not overkill at all. most people would benefit and it's easy to do)




Hence, the custom filters in my initial post above



Yeah, one might be perfectly okay with what your doing (especially if ones browser up to date along with the OS). but I figure why take a chance (and people in general don't like ads etc)

but in the end... each person has to make their own choices

Not really a lecture, just assistance for those who want to put in a small amount of effort to clean up these forums (so they display as they should in the first place) and I assist them, for free, in that ; basically I just gave the OP a more optimal answer is all in it will get rid of all of the annoying stuff he probably would rather not see as if he does not like that banner, chances are he would like those filters I listed for em.

besides... making people more security conscious online can't be a bad thing ; whether they take that advice or not is ultimately their choice.



Maybe, but at the end of the day... people don't like ads (I would rather have a nice/clean looking site instead of random annoying things that should not be there (hell, Yahoo mail is acting up lately but I only use it occasionally as a backup email anyways as they can't be trusted as ones primary email given the major Yahoo hacks some years ago now)) and it's not worth risking ones security even if the risk is not that high.

besides... people pay enough just to have monthly access to the internet, we don't need to be paying additional fee's for random stuff like these forums etc.

p.s. if people don't want to block ads, fine. but the internet in general would suck without some level of ad-filtering and the like in my opinion.