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> Choose any path you want for setting up first-party mode. Examples of paths you might want to use include: /metrics, /securemetric, /analytics, or preferably

> Choose any path you want for setting up first-party mode. Examples of paths you might want to use include: /metrics, /securemetric, /analytics, or preferably a random alphanumeric string that you don't use on your website already. Ah, yes, _preferably_ some random string that is hard to block rather than the descriptive ones.

krackers 2y ago
Wow just in time for ManifestV3, which would prevent clever heuristics like looking at the entropy of the path segment.
iamacyborg 2y ago
Well yes, how else will you > The setup in this documentation will help you recover X% more measurement signals on your website.
- dotancohen 2y ago
  Obviously "recover" is not the correct word here. Maybe "swindle" is a better word, considering they are actively circumventing the users' wishes to block tracking.
rogual 2y ago
You know, like malware.
- soraminazuki 2y ago
  "Like" is being too generous when we know what, why, and how they do what they do.
- tzs 2y ago
  It's more like the opposite of what malware does--malware usually names things so they will look like something you want. Like malware would be naming the directory something like /images or /fonts.
satvikpendem 2y ago
To be honest I wasn't sure why sites weren't doing this already, it seemed very obvious to me at the time, when I learned that uBlock Origin has a hardcoded list of paths to block.
- eknkc 2y ago
  It is becoming common. For example Segment has a documentation for similar setup: https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/website/javascript/custom-proxy/ https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/librari... I've seen this being implemented at least 5 years ago so probably a lot of sites already do it,
  - iamacyborg 2y ago
    Yeah, it’s just that some trackers are more ubiquitous than others and gtag is one of the most deployed.
bilekas 2y ago
Obfuscation is the 'Google' way /s "Privacy centric users hate this 1 trick"
OptionOfT 2y ago
It used to be that codepen used puppies-and-kittens... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35981467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35981467

krackers 2y ago

Wow just in time for ManifestV3, which would prevent clever heuristics like looking at the entropy of the path segment.

iamacyborg 2y ago

Well yes, how else will you > The setup in this documentation will help you recover X% more measurement signals on your website.

dotancohen 2y ago
Obviously "recover" is not the correct word here. Maybe "swindle" is a better word, considering they are actively circumventing the users' wishes to block tracking.

rogual 2y ago

You know, like malware.

soraminazuki 2y ago
"Like" is being too generous when we know what, why, and how they do what they do.
tzs 2y ago
It's more like the opposite of what malware does--malware usually names things so they will look like something you want. Like malware would be naming the directory something like /images or /fonts.

satvikpendem 2y ago

To be honest I wasn't sure why sites weren't doing this already, it seemed very obvious to me at the time, when I learned that uBlock Origin has a hardcoded list of paths to block.

eknkc 2y ago
It is becoming common. For example Segment has a documentation for similar setup: https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/website/javascript/custom-proxy/ https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/librari... I've seen this being implemented at least 5 years ago so probably a lot of sites already do it,
- iamacyborg 2y ago
  Yeah, it’s just that some trackers are more ubiquitous than others and gtag is one of the most deployed.

bilekas 2y ago

Obfuscation is the 'Google' way /s "Privacy centric users hate this 1 trick"

OptionOfT 2y ago

It used to be that codepen used puppies-and-kittens... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35981467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35981467