mikeymad Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Just installed a new extension in Chrome -- there is one for Firefox as well -- called "Collusion".. It is an interesting thing to track who is tracking you.. As an example - I cleared it.. Came to HC, and clicked on one thread.... and saw the following. Interesting.... ---- head-case.org When you visit this site, the following sites are informed: google-analytics.com facebook.net google.com silvergallery.com obsessive-media.de gravatar.com comicbookmovie.com badhaven.com fbcdn.net ----- Wow... from one thread.. Enjoy your surfing... maybe install this on the kids computer to scare them... I am putting my tin hat on.. Cheers, Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Wow. Gotta check that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Nice! Adding it now. I know SUPERAntispyware usually finds 40-50 tracker stuffs or what not on my PC after just 10 minutes of surfing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Have you tried visiting the other site to see what it says, mikey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) Time to add a few more 127.0.0.1 entries to the hosts file or use a pre-configured one http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm Edited May 7, 2012 by Grahame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Interesting. Each click to a new site results in a burst of 4-6 entries. Looks kind of like fireworks on the Fourth of July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Have you tried visiting the other site to see what it says, mikey? I have not... very scared of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 This isn't exactly a "who's tracking you" thing - it's more like content from these sites is being loaded on the site your looking at. Don't get me wrong, the Facebook, Googles, etc of the world do track you but in the example given it's pretty clear a few of those are likely just from images or other items hosted elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) Correct... it is collusion -- or sharing. My morning site routine... leads to. Ed: -- and No I will not be posting my evening site routines..... Edited May 7, 2012 by mikeymad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Okay one more before I remove the extension ... after a regular workday of surfing.. lots of sharing of info out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Big brother watching? Yes I am paranoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Twitter just announced that they track you if you view a site that loads a twitter sharing icon. If you turn on Do not Track in your browser prefs (In the Develop menu in Safari, which has to be enabled in Advanced in Preferences but usually easy to find in the others) then they wont track you on third party web sites. https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169453 I don't go anywhere on the web I'd be upset about anyone else knowing about to care much about the tracking though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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