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How much data is Gizmodo harvesting from you when you read this article? uBlock Origin shows 16 domains connected; most of them loading JavaScript. The real nu
by wackget 3y ago
How much data is Gizmodo harvesting from you when you read this article?
uBlock Origin shows 16 domains connected; most of them loading JavaScript. The real number is probably far higher when no ad-blocker is used.
- saintfire 3y agoThis is how I feel every time I see any mainstream news outlet copy-pasting any privacy related piece. All the outrage companies and people have is posturing in almost every case, in my opinion.
- barrysteve 3y agoYou want to push it, until we are forced to return the favour? When one side doesn't listen, then these conversations are nonsense. The concept of having a conversation is coming to a close.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoAnd you’re on a VC company’s advertising “social network”. Whataboutism does nobody any good.
- lxgr 3y agoI’m not usually reading a Gizmodo article with my screen locked and my phone in my pocket as I walk around the city, with the article able to determine (at a minimum) my IP address, which can tell them whether I’m at home, work, the mall, or the doctor etc.
- duxup 3y agoPrivacy badger has a big old 29 potential trackers listed when I visit that site.
- bandergirl 3y agoThis kind of “let him first cast a stone” comments needs to stop or else we will never get news. If anything, having a publication release an article like this shows that they’re not held back by conflicts of interest.