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Hi Tom:

If you open the DNT+ t you will see the 3 icons (social networks, ad network, and companies)

Clicking on an icon will tell you who is doing the tracking.

Right now while I am on SOWPub I have 5 trackers blocked.....no social...1 ad....4 companies - 2 of which are Google.

Also the 1 ad is from Quantcast and after reading about them I think it may be coming from the hosting server for SOWPub.

Chartbeat...is an analytical script that may be monitoring the forum activities ...at least that is what I am taking from their web site.

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Cornell

Hi Tom:

If you open the DNT+ t you will see the 3 icons (social networks, ad network, and companies)

Clicking on an icon will tell you who is doing the tracking.

Right now while I am on SOWPub I have 5 trackers blocked.....no social...1 ad....4 companies - 2 of which are Google.

Also the 1 ad is from Quantcast and after reading about them I think it may be coming from the hosting server for SOWPub.

Chartbeat...is an analytical script that may be monitoring the forum activities ...at least that is what I am taking from their web site.

Hi Cornell,

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Google ads...

Best wishes,

Dien

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Originally Posted by Cornell

Hi Tom:

If you open the DNT+ t you will see the 3 icons (social networks, ad network, and companies)

Clicking on an icon will tell you who is doing the tracking.

Right now while I am on SOWPub I have 5 trackers blocked.....no social...1 ad....4 companies - 2 of which are Google.

Also the 1 ad is from Quantcast and after reading about them I think it may be coming from the hosting server for SOWPub.

Chartbeat...is an analytical script that may be monitoring the forum activities ...at least that is what I am taking from their web site.

Thanks Cornell,

What you say makes sense. I will have to look into it and see if I can figure it out using your explanation. I don't pretend to udnerstand all this stuff but when somebody holds my hand I can usually grasp it and go from there.

I appreciate your help.

Tom

P.S.

While in this thread I hit the do not track + and got this message:

You turned off privacy detection and blocking here.
You can block this site again. I of course elected not to block this site the very first time I got this message. I cannot see what you reference in this box as the next thing in the box is:

You can also view the
complete list of sites that you allow to track you.

When I click on the offered link it shows me I have not blocked sowpub. Hell, I knew that. Still no 3 option offering. I will have to try DNT+ when I leave sowpub and see what happens. I'll report back.

Originally Posted by sandalwood

Thanks Cornell,

What you say makes sense. I will have to look into it and see if I can figure it out using your explanation. I don't pretend to udnerstand all this stuff but when somebody holds my hand I can usually grasp it and go from there.

I appreciate your help.

Tom

P.S.

While in this thread I hit the do not track + and got this message:

You turned off privacy detection and blocking here.
You can block this site again. I of course elected not to block this site the very first time I got this message. I cannot see what you reference in this box as the next thing in the box is:

You can also view the
complete list of sites that you allow to track you.

When I click on the offered link it shows me I have not blocked sowpub. Hell, I knew that. Still no 3 option offering. I will have to try DNT+ when I leave sowpub and see what happens. I'll report back.

OK, I tried it on yahoo and the WF and this box appeared:

No social networks found here. .
No ad networks found here. ..
1 company tracking you: 1 blocked

Obviously that isn't a box but those are the three that showed up. When I came back to sowpub I again was shown what I wrote above. Amazing, at least to me.

Tom

Hi Tom:

Well you definitely won't get Google tracking you from the yahoo site.

Since you have chosen to be tracked those are the settings for that site. Personally I don't allow any site to track me.

As I have never allowed I have not encountered how to change back to block....think you will need to go to their web site for that answer.

I have attached 3 images of the DNT+ while on this thread...don't know if they will help you or not.

C.

Originally Posted by Cornell

Hi Tom:

Well you definitely won't get Google tracking you from the yahoo site.

Since you have chosen to be tracked those are the settings for that site. Personally I don't allow any site to track me.

As I have never allowed I have not encountered how to change back to block....think you will need to go to their web site for that answer.

I have attached 3 images of the DNT+ while on this thread...don't know if they will help you or not.

C.

Cornell,

Thank you for your help and I appreciate the images. Yours truly will get into it a little more. If I find the answer, I will report back.

Again, thanks for your help.

Tom