Updated Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags (markdown)

gorhill 2014-10-09 16:42:55 -07:00
parent 250d763c50
commit c5b666e56c

@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ And within it, the fingerprinting will take place, and report to AddThis servers
- **Host:** `ct1.addthis.com`
- **Referer:** `http://www.ibtimes.com/`
The above occurred with Adblock Plus with _EasyList_ + _EasyPrivacy_ enabled. Note that the cookie header which contains the fingerprinting information will be stripped if you set your browser to block 3rd-party cookies and local data.
The above occurred with Adblock Plus with _EasyList_ + _EasyPrivacy_ enabled. Note that the cookie header which contains the fingerprinting information will be stripped if you set your browser to block 3rd-party cookies and site data.
AddThis and many other 3rd-parties which purpose is to data-mine you will be foiled by blocking 3rd-party `<iframe>` tags (even more so if blocking 3rd-party `<script>` tags). By blocking 3rd-party `<iframe>` tags, you don't have to [ask them permission to opt-out](http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out).