From 18d4b9d25ad145b4cc9b941147e24f33807953e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yokoffing Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 14:59:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Ghostery (markdown) --- Ghostery.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Ghostery.md b/Ghostery.md index 90004d7..deef709 100644 --- a/Ghostery.md +++ b/Ghostery.md @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ It's great to offer customization options, but this does not automatically trans To summarize, I agree that uBlock Origin gives more customization options, but I don't think this is necessarily the most relevant metric to compare extensions. I would rather focus on the privacy protection offered (especially out of the box, since most users will likely not change the settings). [^4] ### Limitations of conventional content blockers -How do you define a tracker? How can you be sure that all trackers are blocked by static lists? How long does it take to create a filter when a new tracker domain is created? As far as I can see, there are a lot of exception filters to unbreak sites, what happens if these request send unsafe datapoints which can track users? +How can you be sure that all trackers are blocked by static lists? How long does it take to create a filter when a new tracker domain is created? As far as I can see, there are a lot of exception filters to unbreak sites, what happens if these request send unsafe datapoints which can track users? Take some random domains and look for cases of requests containing unsafe data being sent while having uBlock Origin enabled (default settings). Check lesnumeriques.com, visit a few pages and look for ultimedia.com: it tries to set a tracking cookie. Same for economist.com (check tinypass, not blocked but sets a tracking cookie, Ghostery removes the cookie from request), same on msn.com, visit a few pages and check platform.twitter, tries to send tracking cookie (blocked by Ghostery but not uBlock Origin), etc. Of course you could arbitrarily harden the settings of your content blocker, block third-party cookies, etc. but this comes with breakage, and unless you block everything, you will never be sure that all trackers are blocked.