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I hope the ad images are also hosted on your server, or they still can be tracking. Not criticism. I applaud your approach. I just point out that running non-t

I hope the ad images are also hosted on your server, or they still can be tracking. Not criticism. I applaud your approach. I just point out that running non-tracking ads is harder than you would believe.

pul 5y ago
Hmm, not that I've taken a second look, I noticed that I added a hidden image hosted on their servers when I implemented the ads. It's used for counting the ad impressions, but it looks like it drops a 1-day valid cookie as well :/
- adolph 5y ago
  Good luck standing between those tricksy ad-folk and their quarry.
  - nr2x 5y ago
    It's called tracking for a reason.
- weird-eye-issue 5y ago
  It's a little funny to me you added a literal tracking pixel to your website from a VPN company and then came to HN to preach that you don't do any tracking That said, due to third party cookie changes, tracking pixels have very limited usefulness these days and it's unlikely it actually tracks people over a full 1 day period
  - pul 5y ago
    I guess you're right.. And indeed, browsers fight back: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/ https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-pro...
    - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
      Safari started the trend 2-3 years ago