Pistonheads site and the amount of skimming data
Discussion
Has anybody else noticed the various different skimming websites that PH is linking to?
I'm no geek when it comes to these things but a quick google of some of them leads to me think I don't want to be part of the great data skimming survey. Or please explain what they do & use the data for, advertising is my guess, my pet hate.
Some of them
Optimizely, Skimresources, adsystem.amazon, taboola etc
Can someone explain how I might block these as a whole if it was possible
I'm no geek when it comes to these things but a quick google of some of them leads to me think I don't want to be part of the great data skimming survey. Or please explain what they do & use the data for, advertising is my guess, my pet hate.
Some of them
Optimizely, Skimresources, adsystem.amazon, taboola etc
Can someone explain how I might block these as a whole if it was possible
Edited by cptsideways on Saturday 1st November 08:03
Ghostery works well but it is not entirely uncontroversial...
wikipedia said:
Evidon, the company owning Ghostery, plays a dual role in the online advertising industry. Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information. But it does have an opt-in feature named GhostRank that can be checked to "support" them; GhostRank takes note of ads encountered and blocked, and sends that information, though anonymously, back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[4]
Thus, not everyone sees Evidon's business model as conflict-free. "Evidon has a financial incentive to encourage the program's adoption and discourage alternatives like Do Not Track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive relationships with intrusive advertising companies", says Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford grad student and privacy advocate.[5]
Tom Simonite of MIT Technology Review explains that with the "Ghostrank" feature enabled Ghostery sends collected user data back to the vendor, who then offers it for sale to ad firms.[5] This is also reflected in the German branch of the magazine.[6] Consequently, the German computer magazine Chip comes to the conclusion to not recommend installing the software and suggests NoScript as a (partial) alternative.[7]
http://www.areweprivateyet.com lists some good alternatives.Thus, not everyone sees Evidon's business model as conflict-free. "Evidon has a financial incentive to encourage the program's adoption and discourage alternatives like Do Not Track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive relationships with intrusive advertising companies", says Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford grad student and privacy advocate.[5]
Tom Simonite of MIT Technology Review explains that with the "Ghostrank" feature enabled Ghostery sends collected user data back to the vendor, who then offers it for sale to ad firms.[5] This is also reflected in the German branch of the magazine.[6] Consequently, the German computer magazine Chip comes to the conclusion to not recommend installing the software and suggests NoScript as a (partial) alternative.[7]
EricE said:
Ghostery works well but it is not entirely uncontroversial...
Indeed and they are open about this, not secretive. Plus, I believe it's disabled by default. But if it's not, it's the very 1 option to turn off/on in the settings.wikipedia said:
Evidon, the company owning Ghostery, plays a dual role in the online advertising industry. Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information. But it does have an opt-in feature named GhostRank that can be checked to "support" them; GhostRank takes note of ads encountered and blocked, and sends that information, though anonymously, back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[4]
Thus, not everyone sees Evidon's business model as conflict-free. "Evidon has a financial incentive to encourage the program's adoption and discourage alternatives like Do Not Track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive relationships with intrusive advertising companies", says Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford grad student and privacy advocate.[5]
Tom Simonite of MIT Technology Review explains that with the "Ghostrank" feature enabled Ghostery sends collected user data back to the vendor, who then offers it for sale to ad firms.[5] This is also reflected in the German branch of the magazine.[6] Consequently, the German computer magazine Chip comes to the conclusion to not recommend installing the software and suggests NoScript as a (partial) alternative.[7]
http://www.areweprivateyet.com lists some good alternatives.Thus, not everyone sees Evidon's business model as conflict-free. "Evidon has a financial incentive to encourage the program's adoption and discourage alternatives like Do Not Track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive relationships with intrusive advertising companies", says Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford grad student and privacy advocate.[5]
Tom Simonite of MIT Technology Review explains that with the "Ghostrank" feature enabled Ghostery sends collected user data back to the vendor, who then offers it for sale to ad firms.[5] This is also reflected in the German branch of the magazine.[6] Consequently, the German computer magazine Chip comes to the conclusion to not recommend installing the software and suggests NoScript as a (partial) alternative.[7]
B'stard Child said:
Kinky said:
Hoofy said:
Oddly, I don't mind Taboola. I see article that, well, I might like. Hate ads, though.
The only downside is that some of the 'suggested' articles shown can be years old 
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