matmacwc Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) For those of you with privacy concerns. Google Adsense, Google Analytics and Viglink ad bots are tracking this website. There is also a google supercookie tracking you as well. I use ghostery , AdBlock and Disconnect on my safari. I think FireFox has the same extensions. Love this forum, just wanted you to know. Just found DoubleClick and Google +1 as well. For you superfreaks, DoubleClick tracks you on F-Book. If any of you have 4 star general concerns...... Edited November 25, 2012 by matmacwc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learjetter Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Are there any concerns if you access BO.net and FB via iPhone almost exclusively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Does it matter if you go on to fb with the private browsing enabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmacwc Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Does it matter if you go on to fb with the private browsing enabled? Theoretically no cookies or web history is supposed to be tracked but I betcha web-tags/bugs/pixels and beacons are still tracking your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetfreezer Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Theoretically no cookies or web history is supposed to be tracked but I betcha web-tags/bugs/pixels and beacons are still tracking your computer. In addition to NoScript use the RequestPolicy extension for Firefox. It's like NoScript with the option to allow/disallow requests of any kind that aren't directed at the current web page. For example, if DoubleClick has a pixel bug on facebook.com, visiting facebook.com with the extension enabled will not load anything from doubleclick.net, google-analytics.com, etc. and will flag it for you to allow/disallow. NoScript, RequestPolicy, and BetterPrivacy (to block/delete Flash cookies) should take care of 90.69% of the stuff that's out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacAirCoug Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) In addition to NoScript use the RequestPolicy extension for Firefox. It's like NoScript with the option to allow/disallow requests of any kind that aren't directed at the current web page. For example, if DoubleClick has a pixel bug on facebook.com, visiting facebook.com with the extension enabled will not load anything from doubleclick.net, google-analytics.com, etc. and will flag it for you to allow/disallow. NoScript, RequestPolicy, and BetterPrivacy (to block/delete Flash cookies) should take care of 90.69% of the stuff that's out there. Can anyone suggest equivalent extensions for Chrome? Edited November 27, 2012 by TacAirCoug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetfreezer Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Can anyone suggest equivalent extensions for Chrome? NotScripts will take care of the script issue; Ghostery is designed for tracking cookies. Don't know of a RequestPolicy equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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