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   127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com

   127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com

   127.0.0.1 www.hosted-pixel.com # I Swear I'm Not Making This Up
On some but not all operating systems it's better to use 0.0.0.0.

It's better to block it with a firewall but your aged grandmother doesn't know how to configure them.

iOS and I expect Android have hosts files but you must jailbreak to edit them. On iOS you can do that with iFile from the Cydia store. iFile once cost money but it's free now.




My Grandmother's a real ace when it comes to editing hosts.


Your grandmother probably doesn't use Ice Weasel, and probably doesn't care it's making requests.


This does absolutely nothing wrt the URLs in the linked email.




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