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by Sthorpe 5220 days ago
Here is my version of a tracker I wrote. https://github.com/sthorpe/tracked

It sniffs your local packets and tells you all the sites that connect to your computer while you browse.

Then I organize them by number of times connected to your computer. It reveals some really weird sites. Like somehow pandora knows my age and sex....

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That is because in the settings of your pandora account it asks for your age and your sex as a preference. They tell you as a side note that it is for ad targeting. Pretty honest (IMHO)
Ahh, I signed up so long ago I had forgotten.