lightswitch05
commented
3 years ago Datadog is for generic data collection. It is certainly used for infrastructure monitoring, but is also used for other data collection as well.
From their website (emphasis added):
Datadog enables organizations to instrument and analyze application-level business activity by collecting metrics such as purchases processed, traveler check-ins, or ad impressions.
Datadog also works with 3rd party integrations. Datadog collects the data, and the integration service consumes that data for various purposes. As an example, here is an automate.io integration
Boost efficiency of your internal processes and automate your operations in Datadog. Gather leads, trigger automated emails and put your email marketing on autopilot in Campaign Monitor. Do much more by connecting Campaign Monitor and Datadog.
Having said all that, there are certainly good uses of Datadog as well, such as monitoring outages and error reporting. I encourage users of this list to make up their own mind what should be allowed and what should be blocked, and so I encourage you to whitelist Datadog on your side if you believe it should not be blocked. However, I will not be removing it from the list. I hope I have been able to explain to your satisfaction why I added them to the list.
dnmTX
f0o
Hi,
Dozens and dozens of Datadog hosts are in your list, even though many are clearly irrelevant (PyPi for instance). Also, Datadog is used for infrastructure monitoring, not ad/monetization/user tracking.
Could you please reconsider their inclusion?