sandalwood
September 13, 2012, 11:09 AM
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.
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.
