While browsing on the site I noticed that my DoNotTrackMe extension was showing that there where 8 companies tracking me on the macrumors homepage -- VGLink, NetShelter, Exponential, Google AdSense, Quantcast, Google Analytics, Facebook Connect, and Twitter Badge. Could we have an option to turn off these on the site or something?
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I doubt this site is going to disable those services as that is part of the ads they serve up to pay the bills.
I wouldn't count on that as happening. Like already mentioned, those services help the owners pay the bills and keep the site running.
As has been said, some of these services are for social sharing (facebook for instance) and others are for ad serving (google). They won't be going away.
Best choices are:
A) Edit your /etc/hosts file to block the requesting hosts (time consuming)
B) Use an extension to block the hosts (there's a bunch of them, like adblock)
C) Accept that fact that even if you completely blocked the hosts, they will still be able to track you. (legally, I should add).
Best choices are:
A) Edit your /etc/hosts file to block the requesting hosts (time consuming)
B) Use an extension to block the hosts (there's a bunch of them, like adblock)
C) Accept that fact that even if you completely blocked the hosts, they will still be able to track you. (legally, I should add).
