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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2017

    New @betterbyindie crawl of most popular web sites: here are the 50 with the most number of third-party trackers. #SurveillanceCapitalismpic.twitter.com/dAaaiUxcny

    2:30 PM - 8 May 2017
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    • blinch VISUALGRIT markhughes Bradford Baris Nick Williams Deathy AGFøɍɇvöɍ : ρѻﻉtﻉ§§ Pop Stefanija Ellen Timmer
    13 replies 49 retweets 92 likes
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      2. Dog In The Hat‏ @dog_in_the_hat 8 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        ugh. do you have the same stats but ranking most common trackers by number of sites found in?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 May 2017
        Replying to @dog_in_the_hat @betterbyindie

        Sure do ;) Here’s a screencap of the top 65. PS. All our tools are free/open, if you want to run them yourself: https://source.ind.ie/better/inspector …pic.twitter.com/lbXM1uFoVA

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 May 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        #SurveillanceCapitalismhttps://twitter.com/aral/status/861903901687259140 …

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        Aral Balkan @aral
        Replying to @dog_in_the_hat @betterbyindie
        Sure do ;) Here’s a screencap of the top 65. PS. All our tools are free/open, if you want to run them yourself: https://source.ind.ie/better/inspector … pic.twitter.com/lbXM1uFoVA
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      2. Jeroen Baert‏Verified account @jbaert 8 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        I did the test for Belgium's most popular news websites. Situation was bad, and has not improved since -http://www.forceflow.be/2015/11/11/tracking-users-across-websites-wheres-my-data-going/ …

        1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
      3. Jeroen Baert‏Verified account @jbaert 8 May 2017
        Replying to @jbaert @aral @betterbyindie

        Can really recommend the Firefox Lightbeam plugin to visualise third party tracker connections, btw!

        2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2017
        Replying to @jbaert @betterbyindie

        It’s a very good tool. I have my own scripts to analyse thousands of domains automatically for @betterbyindie ;)https://source.ind.ie/better/inspector …

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Jeroen Baert‏Verified account @jbaert 8 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        I'm gonna add @betterbyindie to the blocking solution recommendations in that blog post. Not an iUser here, but seems very decent ;)

        5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2017
        Replying to @jbaert @betterbyindie

        Thanks :)

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      2. Mastodon: @MacLemon@chaos.social‏ @MacLemon 9 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        Is your script available as open source? I'd like to run it from different ISPs to compare and if/which trackers are injected by ISPs. THX

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 May 2017
        Replying to @MacLemon @betterbyindie

        Sure is (like everything else we do) :) Please do + let me know what you find.https://source.ind.ie/better/inspector …

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      1. Bill Plein  💎‏ @billplein 8 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        F$&king Drudge Report!

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      2. laissez faire‏ @kittekat4 9 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        Are these sites blocked by the app? Because I can visit them?

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      3. Better‏ @betterblocker 10 May 2017
        Replying to @kittekat4 @aral

        The trackers on these sites are blocked. So you’ll still be able to visit them, but you’ll be protected from the trackers we’ve found—Laura

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Manuel Spaan‏ @manuelspaan 11 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        I wish @iMore was lower in this list 😟 /cc @reneritchie

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      2. Martin Dale‏ @Deilmartin 12 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        how can we explain what 107 trackers mean to people who don´t know/care much about the issue? Can I share it on Facebook?

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      3. Better‏ @betterblocker 13 May 2017
        Replying to @Deilmartin @aral

        Please feel free to share it anywhere you like :) And good question… we’re always trying to make it more accessible. Suggestions welcome.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Martin Dale‏ @Deilmartin 13 May 2017
        Replying to @betterblocker @betterbyindie @aral

        Thank you Aral.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Martin Dale‏ @Deilmartin 13 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        Suggestion:pic.twitter.com/vSHtswXJ5K

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      1. Manuel Spaan‏ @manuelspaan 11 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        Did you crawl http://comicbook.com  too?

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      1. Chris Jenkins‏ @chrisajenkins 11 May 2017
        Replying to @aral @betterbyindie

        I’m curious, is this the number of tracking providers per site, or instances per site? Hard to believe why these sites have so many!

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