From c4280ce42e280487f71996b8f39bc8fcf0d26d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:07:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Privacy stuff (markdown) --- Privacy-stuff.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Privacy-stuff.md b/Privacy-stuff.md index a9762be..bd1e366 100644 --- a/Privacy-stuff.md +++ b/Privacy-stuff.md @@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ I don't know why this one is not blocked by Fanboy Annoyance, as the list alread `||platform.twitter.com/widgets.js$third-party` -##### Gravatar +##### Gravatar (et al) Each time you visit a site which pull cute little avatar images aside (typically) a commenter's name, there is a corresponding request to [Gravatar](https://gravatar.com)'s web site, and the HTTP `referer` header contains the site you are visiting. The tracking potential is too much for me, so I block all these requests: `||gravatar.com^$third-party` -I don't know if, and how much this breaks things. But for now I am happy to not have my browsing habits disclosed to gravatar.com. I can live without these cute thumbnails. \ No newline at end of file +I don't know if, and how much this breaks things. But for now I am happy to not have my browsing habits disclosed to gravatar.com. I can live without these cute thumbnails. + +But this applies to any domain which us ubiquitous enough, `gravatar.com` is just one example among so many. To deal with this easily, I find HTTP Switchboard to be the best tool, as to blacklists a ubiquitous domain is simply a matter of point and click. \ No newline at end of file