[mc3]

Ironically this page sent a payload to a domain call permuative.com, without my permission.

This payload contains user events e.g. how long I read the article, a user identity guid (presumably a fingerprint of my browser), my isp name

[blaser-waffle]

HN is ycombinator, which are the people who helped make reddit happen. Is it really that big of a surprise they're doing stuff like this?

[gadabout]

I am not defending HN/YC here, but the user's noted irony is referring to TFN, located at the-tls.co.uk, not talking about HN/YC.

[mc3]

Thanks that is what I meant. Sorry to confuse people.

By the way HN by the way seems to be the nicest site in terms of privacy, simplicity and page load times.