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9 years ago Thanks Joel! I’ve forwarded this to my colleagues and we will take a look soon.
Thanks again, Gus
On Jul 9, 2015, at 2:45 AM, Joel Purra notifications@github.com wrote:
Hello,
Forgot to thank Disconnect for your help! Was using Disconnect's services.json https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/blob/master/firefox/content/disconnect.safariextension/opera/chrome/data/services.json in my quite extensive research on third-party resources and trackers http://joelpurra.com/projects/masters-thesis/ that was published by Linköping University recently:
Abstract:
When you are browsing websites, third-party resources record your online habits; such tracking can be considered an invasion of privacy. It was previously unknown how many third-party resources, trackers and tracker companies are present in the different classes of websites chosen: globally popular websites, random samples of .se/.dk/.com/.net domains and curated lists of websites of public interest in Sweden. The in-browser HTTP/HTTPS traffic was recorded while downloading over 150,000 websites, allowing comparison of HTTPS adaption and third-party tracking within and across the different classes of websites. The data shows that known third-party resources including known trackers are present on over 90% of most classes, that third-party hosted content such as video, scripts and fonts make up a large portion of the known trackers seen on a typical website and that tracking is just as prevalent on secure as insecure sites. Observations include that Google is the most widespread tracker organization by far, that content is being served by known trackers may suggest that trackers are moving to providing services to the end user to avoid being blocked by privacy tools and ad blockers, and that the small difference in tracking between using HTTP and HTTPS connections may suggest that users are given a false sense of privacy when using HTTPS.
Check out the video and PDF: http://joelpurra.com/projects/masters-thesis/ http://joelpurra.com/projects/masters-thesis/ A few findings relating to Disconnect: With 67-78% of top websites using third-party resource from the whitelisted content category, Disconnect doesn't even stop all known trackers (see chapters 4.3, C.11.3 and more). The fact that less than 10% of accessed external domains are detected as trackers by Disconnect in top website datasets is notable (see chapters 5.7, C.12 and more).
Do you think I had any holes in the report, or is it OK?
Thanks again! =)
— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect/issues/347.
Hello,
Forgot to thank Disconnect for your help! Was using Disconnect's services.json in my quite extensive research on third-party resources and trackers that was published by Linköping University recently:
Abstract:
Check out the video and PDF: http://joelpurra.com/projects/masters-thesis/
A few findings relating to Disconnect: With 67-78% of top websites using third-party resource from the whitelisted content category, Disconnect doesn't even stop all known trackers (see chapters 4.3, C.11.3 and more). The fact that less than 10% of accessed external domains are detected as trackers by Disconnect in top website datasets is notable (see chapters 5.7, C.12 and more).
Do you think I had any holes in the report, or is it OK?
Thanks again! =)