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by paradite 3245 days ago
On the topic of tracking, you might want to check your browser extensions as well.

I discovered tracking codes inside a browser extension back in 2013, and I doubt that it would be the last one:

https://paradite.com/2013/12/07/solved-issue-with-vglnk-all-...

(Ironically by visiting my blog post you are contributing to tracking by Google Analytics)

2 comments

uBlock begs to differ ;-)
Grimd for the DNS blocker!
I don't know if storing a plain text log of my browsing history is a good thing or not...

https://github.com/looterz/grimd/blob/fc327b2f2993f762c8557c...

> (Ironically by visiting my blog post you are contributing to tracking by Google Analytics)

That's interesting, where's the opt-in for that on your blog? I don't see a modal that asks me before transmitting any of my data, or even giving my IP to a third party, or doing any tracking, as is required by EU law.

Thanks. Didn't know that it was required for blogs. Added a WP plugin for that (inspected, no tracking code in the plugin).