🎓 Purpose
Website ads and content, including legitimate ones, can be compromised (or injected) with malicious code that puts your system at risk of infection.
👥 Audience
FACULTY RESEARCHERS ADMIN STAFF IT STAFF STUDENTS
🔖 Contents
Initial considerations
Some webpage functionality can be impacted through the use of an ad-blocker. If you encounter issues on a page you need to access and trust, try pausing the ad-blocker or granting an exception for the page, rather than disabling the blocker.
\uD83D\uDCD8 What can I do?
🔗 Install ad-blocking software (extension) for your browser.
Safari
Possible solution(s) include:
Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera
Possible solution(s) include:
Other browsers
Contact your Local IT group for additional assistance. https://uoft-infosec-cf.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ISH/pages/4948958/Additional+help#%F0%9F%96%A5%EF%B8%8F-Information-Technology-(IT)
🍪 Prevent tracking cookies (also known as third-party persistent or cross-site cookies)
When provided with a “cookie consent notification”, it is recommend that you accept only to essential cookies and decline optional cookies (sometimes referred to as statistic or marketing cookies).
Safari
Enable “prevent cross-site tracking”
Chrome
Manage “Tracking protections” to send “Do not track” signal and block third-party cookies.
Edge
Enable “Tracking prevention” and ensure “Balanced” or “Strict” profile is selected.
Enable “Send ‘Do Not Track’ requests”.
Firefox
Ensure “Enhanced Tracking Protection” is blocking cross-site tracking cookies.
Other browsers
Contact your Local IT group for additional assistance. https://uoft-infosec-cf.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ISH/pages/4948958/Additional+help#%F0%9F%96%A5%EF%B8%8F-Information-Technology-(IT)
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✉️ Additional help
👥 General
🔬 Researchers
https://security.utoronto.ca/services/research-information-security-program/