New answers tagged tracking
3
HTTP cookies are the most common. They are usually written and read by the site you are visiting (the "first party"), but also (depending on your browser and browser settings) written and read by third-party elements on the page you are visiting.
Also common are small image elements, served from various tracking servers (these are common in commercial ...
2
Do Not Track Me and Disconnect are similar browser extension tools to Ghostery. They will show you trackers on each web page in the browser, and let you block them.
Other useful tools are ad blockers (not that the ads per se are a problem, but the tracking that comes with them is), and JavaScript blockers like NoScript (or JavaScript Blocker in Safari).
...
1
Some developers also use Mixpanel to track your behavior and navigation on the site.
Mixpanel can be used to trigger events on some action by the user and then the data collected is used for analytics.
1
Websites can track you using the following mechanisms:
Storing of cookies on your browser and sending information back to the server on what you do.
Analyzing of the access logs on specific IP addresses to see what pages you visit.
Install third-party Javascript tools like Google Analytics that can also track you and provide even more details on every ...
1
HTTP Cookies are used to track your activites.
1
Ghostery is a (but certainly not the only) browser extension that alerts you to certain trackers/companies as you surf online.
Ghostery tracks over 1,400 trackers and gives you a roll-call of the
ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other
companies interested in your activity.
I use it both to block tracking and as an alert ...
Top 50 recent answers are included
