Updated Tips and tricks waterfall (markdown)

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Short but very useful tips and tricks.
##### Why using a blocker is **very important**
In response to this [ridiculously over-the-top pure propaganda](http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ad-blocking-is-stealing,news-20962.html), which purpose is to manipulate you into compliance to the one specific business model they chose. (Hint to _Tom's Guide_: nobody else but you is responsible for the failure of your chosen business model when it fails).
**Left:** without a blocker.
**Right:** default-deny with whitelisting of site's own domains (`bestofmedia.com`, `bestofmicro.com`). Take note that I had Flash plug-in disabled, it would have been worst if it had been enabled -- I wasn't ready to go that far to make my point.
![c](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7784786/faefbef2-013f-11e5-95bc-afb5d79fd2c2.png)
As I often say, ads are only the small visible tip of the iceberg of the insidious privacy-invading data mining of people, without their _fully informed_ consent.
##### TechCrunch: [Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History](http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/21/mozilla-will-soon-launch-sponsored-suggested-tiles-based-on-your-browsing-history/)
When creating a new tab and clicking a tile, here is what is reported for the behind-the-scene scope: