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So this might be off topic but still related, Ghostery blocked 104 trackers from this site. One hundred and four! So given that, I am a bit wary of folks clai

So this might be off topic but still related, Ghostery blocked 104 trackers from this site. One hundred and four! So given that, I am a bit wary of folks claiming rights of privacy when you are throwing that many tracking devices at me. --EDIT-- Apparently Ghostery was turned off after an upgrade (I hate when that happens) - and apparently its a recursive tracking nightmare where some load some more, and then more, and then more. I reblocked everything and now I'm showing 8 - but it does balloon to 104 for non-blocking users. If you are brave you can pause blocking and see :)

disposition2 12y ago
I'm seeing 8.
username223 12y ago
I get 8, plus 12 blocked JavaScript requests, including this thing to apparently detect that I'm blocking it: http://blockmetrics.com/static/adblock_detection/js/d.min.js http://blockmetrics.com/static/adblock_detection/js/d.min.js BoingBoing is pretty bad, but not at all exceptional.
- Balgair 12y ago
  Right? For a site that is all about 'Snowden this' and 'Manning that' you'd think they'd be a bit more reasonable about the cookies and whatnot. Not saying cookies are bad at all, they make a lot of the web work for us for free, and I am not saying those cookies on boingboing are malicious at all, but it does cause a pause for concern.
tvmalsv 12y ago
I'm using Ghostery, too, but mine is only showing 8 blocked. Are you still seeing 104?