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Don't block the entire wp.com domain, block only its tracking subdomains #342

Closed jsnajdr closed 8 months ago

jsnajdr commented 8 months ago

Domain(s) to review. Separate them by comma.

wp.com

Rationale for removing, adding, or recategorizing.

Only subdomains are trackers, blocking the entire domain breaks product features

Where domain(s) observed. Separate them by comma.

wordpress.com

Additional notes

The 316a131d2e7d3ffd7651fa493a7bb710ed7a096e commit added the wp.com domain to tracker resources shipped by Automattic. But that's too broad. Only the stats.wp.com and pixel.wp.com subdomains are trackers (tracking sites hosted on wordpress.com). Blocking the entire wp.com domain breaks "legitimate" product features of wordpress.com, e.g., ones shipped as embeddable widget iframes from widgets.wp.com.

We're asking if you could please replace the single wp.com record with two, stats.wp.com and pixel.wp.com.