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Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly
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osano.com - false positive #381

Open arlogilbert opened 1 year ago

arlogilbert commented 1 year ago

Howdy,

Two separate issues. osano.com, among other domains in the list, are not trackers or advertisement providers. Rather, there is a group of sites that are doing a lot of CCPA, CPRA, and GDPR compliance-related activity. These apps (at least I can speak for osano.com) don't track anything other than the consent level that the person has agreed to. Since these consent dialogs are mandated by law, blocking these hosts raises many questions that blocking ads does not raise. It would be great if, at some point the list could have a separate "cookie popup" list that users have to opt into if they are so inclined; the way is described right now as "advertisements & trackers" would not lead me to expect that cookie notices are blocked as well.

Regardless of your view above, the following domains are false positives: