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Finnish trackers #3862

Closed user716253 closed 1 month ago

user716253 commented 1 month ago

Which domain(s) should be blocked?

recommendations.asunnot.oikotie.fi tracking.veikonkone.fi

Why should these domain(s) be blocked?

recommendations.asunnot.oikotie.fi

ad domain that doesn't seem to break anything and is used to show ads in other websites like tori.fi for example

tracking.veikonkone.fi

Based on the name it's a tracker and doesn't seem to break anything

Privacy

[X] I confirm that the report does not contain any private information.

user716253 commented 1 month ago

Also random question. Do you have some sort of website where you check reported websites so you know what to block? Or how do you determine what to actually block?

user716253 commented 1 month ago

Found a few more domains.

analytics.valio.fi

Analytics domain for a finnish website

analytics.twitter.com

Twitter analytics

tnt-production.nm-analytics.nelonenmedia.fi

Analytics domain for a finnish website

hagezi commented 1 month ago

analytics.twitter.com is a referral domain - used for tweet links.

hagezi commented 1 month ago

Do you have some sort of website where you check reported websites so you know what to block? Or how do you determine what to actually block?

No, this is mainly manual research work on the web or on the page that triggers the potential tracker.

There are databases for common trackers, such as https://duckduckgo.github.io/tracker-radar-wiki/

Sometimes ChatGPT or something similar also helps to know something about the domain and sometimes, unfortunately, it's just a gut feeling or a test with try and error blocking.

github-actions[bot] commented 1 month ago

Thank you for your support. The domain(s) has/have been added to the denylist and will be added with the next release at the latest.

user716253 commented 1 month ago

Do you have some sort of website where you check reported websites so you know what to block? Or how do you determine what to actually block?

No, this is mainly manual research work on the web or on the page that triggers the potential tracker.

There are databases for common trackers, such as https://duckduckgo.github.io/tracker-radar-wiki/

Sometimes ChatGPT or something similar also helps to know something about the domain and sometimes, unfortunately, it's just a gut feeling or a test with try and error blocking.

Okay. Thanks for the info. Always wondered about that. That's a lot of work to do. Appreciate you!