From 229151a95852624712c9df95ddf5a17da519c09f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gorhill Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 16:26:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags (markdown) --- ...c filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags.md b/Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags.md index 4b427a1..8b2f14c 100644 --- a/Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags.md +++ b/Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Remember the article [ProPublica's _"Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Vir The title is obviously an exaggeration (the tracking _can_ be blocked). -The particular `addthis.com` javascript code which attempts to fingerprint your browser executes from within a 3rd-party `iframe`. Contrary to what Adblock Plus has been claiming on its blog and the media, using _EasyPrivacy_ does **not** prevent AddThis from fingerprinting your browser. This is something I verified and re-verified back then, and unless appropriate filters have been added since last time I checked, it still is the case. +The particular `addthis.com` javascript code which attempts to fingerprint your browser executes from within a 3rd-party `iframe`. + +Contrary to what Adblock Plus has been claiming on its blog and the [media](http://news.yahoo.com/adblock-plus-stop-canvas-fingerprinting-unstoppable-browser-tracking-191541979.html), using _EasyPrivacy_ does **not** prevent AddThis from fingerprinting your browser. This is something I verified and re-verified back then, and unless appropriate filters have been added since last time I checked, it still is the case. AddThis and countless other 3rd-party which purpose is to data-mine you will be foiled by blocking 3rd-party `