Comments on: What Is IESnare and How Do I Block It?

By: binarytemple

binarytemple — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:52:37 +0000

Better to use 0.0.0.0 as the blackhole IP address – at least on Mac – won’t result in lots of spurious requests to localhost – will just fail

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:19:46 +0000

In reply to Mike Cruickshank. Cheers Mike, useful to know.

By: Mike Cruickshank

Mike Cruickshank — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:52:36 +0000

In reply to Mike. Hi Mike, I've never heard of people being banned for having IESnare blocked. A few bookies such as Sport Pesa won't load the registration form. Betfair does use IESnare, but you won't get banned from using the Exchange. All they care about is collecting commission from winning bets.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:06:41 +0000

Thanks for detailed information and actionable ways of dealing with this.
Not being ‘betting savvy’ however, I wonder if Bookies would chop any bettors if they are able (possibly) to see that the above actions have been taken ie the ‘spyware’ won’t stick on individual’s accounts?
Also, again apologies if this is a naïve question, but does this ‘spying’ apply to Exchanges too?