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Date: September 22, 2020 at 05:13:32
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
URL: https://themarkup.org/blacklight/ |
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put in a website & it will show who/what is putting stuff on your computer &
tracking you... like say, Rawstory.
A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector
By Surya Mattu
Who is peeking over your shoulder while you work, watch videos, learn,
explore, and shop on the internet? Enter the address of any website, and
Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on
the site—and who’s getting your data. You may be surprised at what you
learn.
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Date: September 22, 2020 at 19:20:46
From: JTRIV, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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Hi Akira,
Very interesting . And oddly news websites seem to
be some of the worst.
USAToday.com
43 ad trackers
72 3rd party cookies
CNN.com
36 ad trackers
54 3rd party cookes
MSNBC.com
32 ad trackers
46 3rd party cookies
Fox.com
16 ad trackers
27 3rd party cookies
BBC.com
12 ad trackers
36 3rd party cookies
Huffpost.com
28 ad trackers
32 3rd party cookies
Yet if we jump to sports:
espn.com
8 ad trackers
3 3rd party cookies
Or porn:
pornhub.com
1 ad trackers
1 3rd party trackers
or entertainment info:
imdb.com
1 ad tracker
0 3rd party cookies
or weather:
wunderground.com
5 ad trackers
1 3rd party cookies
So if you try to stay informed on news you are more
exposed on the internet than most other things.
Thanks for sharing.
Jim
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 06:40:19
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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Doesn't seem odd since those are all owned by for-profit corporations as far
as I'm aware. Sadly, I think the weather channel bought wunderground.com
a couple of years ago.
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 07:17:33
From: JTRIV, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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Hi Akira,
Well they are all commercial enterprises out to make
a profit. Still the news related websites do much
more tracking and snooping of users than sports or
entertainment websites.
WeatherUnderground bought Intellicast a couple of
years ago, not sure about the weather channel. I
still miss intellicast, a nice clean weather
website.
Cheers
Jim
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 09:39:50
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
URL: http://weathergroup.com/brands/intellicast |
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Now I had to look, lol. Big surprise - The Weather Channel owns both
Weather Underground and Intellicast.
Monopolize, it's the American way, lol.
linked: Intellicast The Authority in Expert Weather
The Weather Channel Acquires Weather Underground
https://weather.com/news/news/twc-weather-underground-20120702
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 18:09:04
From: Captainj, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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Intellicast USED to be the 'thing' and place to go!
Always accurate and more or less real time...
Really Sad...
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Date: September 22, 2020 at 19:33:01
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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Those are the web sites you visit regular? lol
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Date: September 22, 2020 at 13:58:58
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: just a follow-up |
URL: The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website |
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I think this is a valuable article for everyone who uses the internet for
anything other than visiting earthboppin, by the Markup, the creators of
Blacklight
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Date: September 22, 2020 at 09:31:14
From: mr bopp, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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put earthboppin.net in there and see what it says...i use a little app for macs called little snitch...it lets me see and regulate who gets to access my computer...some sites have 20 or more sites that want access as you load their pages...
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Date: September 22, 2020 at 21:48:33
From: Skywise, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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I use a script blocker add-on in my browser. It is a
whitelist based system, meaning everything is blocked
unless I whitelist it. It is based on the source URL of
the script.
There is very little I permanently whitelist. Even on
sites I visit every day I still have to manually allow
the scripts. But I've come to learn exactly which
scripts are needed for each site to give me the
functionality I need.
It's crazy funny how some websites render when all the
scripts are blocked. Some you just get a blank page.
Others (such as google maps) detects the block and
complains. While others work just fine except all the
blocked ads.
Typically, the root URL is all that's needed. Maybe
some additional 3rd party stuff that's needed for
interactivity, but is legit. Again, experience,
experimentation, and research has taught me over time
what's legit and what's intrusive. Many times when I go
to a new site I recognize most of the script sources
right away.
BTW, I don't whitelist Earthboppin and it works just
fine, even though the add-on says there is something
being blocked.
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 10:04:41
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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that is kinda what little snitch does...it allows you to observe every connection attempt to your mac and choose whether you want to accept it or deny it, with options as to how long...if you need to visit a site that you have blocked parts of its makeup that it requires to load you can just turn it off for a bit... a great l'il partner...
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 12:40:02
From: Alan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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Not quite - it allows you to monitor allow/deny apps on your Mac to make
connections outside. I.e apps calling back to a domain to check for
updates that serial number legitimate etc.
From their blurb
It can be used to monitor applications, preventing or permitting them
to connect to attached networks through advanced rules.
In the case of manually using LS with a web browser you'll be clicking
away all day allowing / denying due to cookies etc..
You can with Safari browser use Preferences > Cookies and Website
Data , choose to block cookies plus use the option to 'Prevent cross-site
tracking'. Though as you mention some websites won't work at all then.
If you don't want to be tracked on the internet best not connect to it.
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Date: October 13, 2020 at 16:49:23
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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the nice thing about little snitch is it prevents anything on your computer from accepting or trying to make an external connection...so not just your browser, but any app, from itunes to email to word...i like that flexibility...
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Date: September 23, 2020 at 19:44:45
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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that's basically what i said...if a site wants to access my browser it has to be okayed by me...or if one of my apps wants to connect to an outside site i have to okay it...a minor pain when browsing but it gives me pretty good control over who accesses my info...i delete cookies regularly so that's no big deal either...blocks itunes and other stuff if i say so...but if you read akira's article they are quite sneaky...the keystroke stuff should be totally illegal...but probably 90 some percent of folks allow anyone to access their info so google and the rest are getting all the info they need...just not much of mine,,,
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Date: September 24, 2020 at 03:13:51
From: Alan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
URL: https://www.extrawatch.com |
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Backlight scanner isn't perfect - I ran it on sites that I know have google
tracking and Extrawatch* but they came up 'clean'
*See what’s going on on your website in real time. See who’s browsing
which pages, information about his country, city, device. This is a great way
how to see how your website is being used by the users.
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Date: September 22, 2020 at 11:22:01
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: fyi... Backlight, A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector |
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I did no issues w/earthboppin. The Democracy Now site allows google
analytics which follows you around the internet. I installed an extension (of
course, google's) recommended by the markup site which is supposed to
allow you to turn off Google Analytics' data collection. I did it, restarted the
computer, went to DN's site and google analytics showed up again, so I
don't think the extension even worked but not sure. Annoying. I'll check out
snitch, thanks
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